Midea MU138SWAR1RC1 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Midea MU138SWAR1RC1
The Midea MU138SWAR1RC1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 211 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $40 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MU138SWAR1RC1 against the category
That's 45.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 505 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $33/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
OMNImax 3730-937 ($40/yr, 211 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MU138SWAR1RC1. Midea MRU14F5 ($40/yr, 211 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Midea makes 162 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 16 of 162 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MRW14B2ABB at $23/yr, and its priciest, the MRF29D9B at $147/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea MU138SWAR1RC1 costs roughly $516 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Midea MU138SWAR1RC1 is already efficient for its category at $40/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Midea MU138SWAR1RC1 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.