TCL MR422S Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the TCL MR422S
ENERGY STAR certifies the TCL MR422S at 327 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $61 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 MR422S compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 15.3% less, ranking 2,120 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $11/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the TCL MR422S on that list: Summit FFBF283SS ($61/yr, 327 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while TCL MR453 ($61/yr, 327 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the TCL lineup
Ranked 14 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
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the TCL MR422S costs roughly $799 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $61/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
Whether or not the TCL MR422S 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
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 327 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.