Midea WHS-160RB1 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Midea WHS-160RB1 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea WHS-160RB1 at 226 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $42 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 WHS-160RB1 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 41.5% less, ranking 831 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $30/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea WHS-160RB1 on that list: Midea MRM44B4ABB ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea WHS-160RSS1 ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 35 of Midea's 162 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MRW14B2ABB ($23/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MRF29D9B ($147/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Midea WHS-160RB1 that long and it costs about $552 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $42/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Midea WHS-160RB1 already costs $42/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Ranked 831 of 4,704, the Midea WHS-160RB1 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. The 226 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.