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What the OMNImax 3760-427 costs to run

About average for its category to run
$69/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the OMNImax 3760-427 at 369 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.

$0.19per day
$5.78per month
369kWh per year, certified
$902over a 13-yr lifespan

That $69 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 4.4% less, ranking 2,705 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 $3/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 OMNImax 3760-427: OMNImax 3760-426 ($69/yr, 369 kWh/yr), then Seasons MSTF18**** ($69/yr, 369 kWh/yr).

Comparing OMNImax's own models

Ranked 5 of OMNImax's 16 certified refrigerators, this sits between the 3730-937 ($40/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the 3760-675 ($111/yr, its priciest).

OMNImax 3760-427 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 3760-427 that long and it costs about $902 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Weighing a replacement

Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $69/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

The OMNImax 3760-427 already costs $69/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.

Where this number comes from

Ranked 2,705 of 4,704, the OMNImax 3760-427 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 369 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.