OMNImax 3730-739: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the OMNImax 3730-739 at 244 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $46 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
OMNImax 3730-739 against the category
That's 36.8% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,009 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 $27/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Professional Series PS-UFR702US-CH ($46/yr, 244 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the OMNImax 3730-739. Midea WHS-625FWEW1 ($46/yr, 244 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
OMNImax makes 16 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 2 of 16 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the 3730-937 at $40/yr, and its priciest, the 3760-675 at $111/yr.
OMNImax 3730-739 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the OMNImax 3730-739 that long and it costs about $596 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The OMNImax 3730-739 is already efficient for its category at $46/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the OMNImax 3730-739 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Ranked 1,009 of 4,704, the OMNImax 3730-739 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 244 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.