Midea MRT18D1B Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Midea MRT18D1B costs to run
The Midea MRT18D1B is certified by ENERGY STAR at 369 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $69 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
How the Midea MRT18D1B compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 4.4% less, ranking 2,697 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $3/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MRT18D1B on that list: KOOLMORE KM-TMR-18-W ($69/yr, 369 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MRT18D2B ($69/yr, 369 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 100 of Midea's 162 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MRW14B2ABB ($23/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MRF29D9B ($147/yr, its priciest).
Midea MRT18D1B over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Midea MRT18D1B that long and it costs about $902 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $69/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$69/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MRT18D1B; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 2,697 of 4,704, the Midea MRT18D1B sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.