Seasons MSBF18 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Seasons MSBF18
ENERGY STAR certifies the Seasons MSBF18 at 550 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $103 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.
How the Seasons MSBF18 compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 42.5% above it, ranking 3,758 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $31/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Seasons MSBF18 on that list: OMNImax 3750-247 ($103/yr, 550 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Seasons MSBF18IM ($103/yr, 550 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Seasons lineup
Ranked 24 of Seasons's 25 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MSCM24 ($40/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MSBF18IM ($103/yr, its priciest).
Seasons MSBF18 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Seasons MSBF18 that long and it costs about $1,344 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $103/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 Seasons MSBF18 or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $103/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
How this was checked
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 550 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.