Seasons MSBF18**IM: running cost
At 550 kWh/yr, the Seasons MSBF18**IM's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $103 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Seasons MSBF18**IM against the category
That's 42.5% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,759 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 $31/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Sub-Zero DET3050CI**/* ($103/yr, 550 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Seasons MSBF18**IM. Seasons MSBF18**** ($103/yr, 550 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Seasons lineup
Among Seasons's 25 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $63/year over the MSCM24**, the brand's cheapest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Seasons MSBF18**IM that long and it costs about $1,344 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
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**IM or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Seasons MSBF18**IM ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 550 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.