Mini Bar BC29 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Mini Bar BC29 costs to run
At 241 kWh/yr, the Mini Bar BC29's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $45 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 Mini Bar BC29 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 37.6% less, ranking 988 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $27/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Mini Bar BC29 on that list: Danby DAR010A1 ($45/yr, 241 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Zephyr PRW24F02CG ($45/yr, 241 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Mini Bar's own models
Of the 6 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Mini Bar makes, the BC29 is the cheapest to run, $2/year less than Mini Bar's priciest, the LSC72N.
Mini Bar BC29 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Mini Bar BC29 that long and it costs about $589 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $45/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Mini Bar BC29 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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 988 of 4,704, the Mini Bar BC29 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.