Midea WHS-121LSS1 Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: Midea WHS-121LSS1
Brand: Midea

Midea WHS-121LSS1: running cost

One of the cheaper models in its category to run

$41/year at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea WHS-121LSS1 at 220 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.11per day

$3.45per month

220kWh per year, certified

$538over a 13-yr lifespan

See this at your own electricity rate

The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Where this ranks

That's 43% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 781 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $31/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.

The closest alternatives by cost

Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Midea WHS-121LB1 ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Miele KU 7175 D ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr).

Within the Midea lineup

Midea makes 162 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 33 of 162 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MRW14B2ABB at $23/yr, and its priciest, the MRF29D9B at $147/yr.

Midea WHS-121LSS1 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 WHS-121LSS1 that long and it costs about $538 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Is it worth replacing?

The Midea WHS-121LSS1 is already efficient for its category at $41/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

At $41/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

The data behind this page

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. The 220 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.