Nutrifrost MAUS-NF-FC2-66FS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Nutrifrost MAUS-NF-FC2-66FS
At 360 kWh/yr, the Nutrifrost MAUS-NF-FC2-66FS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $68 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 6.7% less, ranking 2,505 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 $5/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 Nutrifrost MAUS-NF-FC2-66FS: Magic Chef MCTM18W ($68/yr, 360 kWh/yr), then Premium Levella PRN18015HW ($68/yr, 360 kWh/yr).
Within the Nutrifrost lineup
The Nutrifrost MAUS-NF-FC2-66FS is the only refrigerator from Nutrifrost that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full refrigerator category.
Nutrifrost MAUS-NF-FC2-66FS over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Nutrifrost MAUS-NF-FC2-66FS that long and it costs about $880 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $68/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Nutrifrost MAUS-NF-FC2-66FS 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
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 360 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.