Moffat MBE19DTNKWW Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Moffat MBE19DTNKWW costs to run
The Moffat MBE19DTNKWW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 466 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $88 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Moffat MBE19DTNKWW against the category
That's 20.7% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,371 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 $15/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Moffat MDE19D ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Moffat MBE19DTNKWW. Moffat MBE19DSNKSS ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Moffat makes 29 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 20 of 29 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MPE12F at $58/yr, and its priciest, the MYE22HYPKFS at $124/yr.
Moffat MBE19DTNKWW over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Moffat MBE19DTNKWW that long and it costs about $1,139 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
At $88/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Moffat MBE19DTNKWW or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The Moffat MBE19DTNKWW already costs $88/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
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 466 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.