TCL MR321S Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the TCL MR321S
ENERGY STAR certifies the TCL MR321S at 220 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $41 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 TCL MR321S compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43% less, ranking 787 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 TCL MR321S on that list: SAPPHIRE SR15-SS ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Whirlpool WH35E ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 5 of TCL's 24 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MR121S ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the TRF20S5AL-S1 ($87/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $41/year, the TCL MR321S adds up to about $538 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the TCL MR321S ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Ranked 787 of 4,704, the TCL MR321S 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 220 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.