Mini Bar BC70 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Mini Bar BC70 costs to run
At 253 kWh/yr, the Mini Bar BC70's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $48 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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 34.5% less, ranking 1,173 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $25/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Mini Bar BC70: MAXXIMUM MAXRD15O, MAXRD15SS ($48/yr, 253 kWh/yr), then Mini Bar BC70N ($48/yr, 253 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 4 of Mini Bar's 6 certified refrigerators, this sits between the BC29 ($45/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the LSC72N ($48/yr, its priciest).
Mini Bar BC70 over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Mini Bar BC70 costs roughly $618 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $48/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 BC70 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
At rank 1,173 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 253 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.