TCL MR453L Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the TCL MR453L
The TCL MR453L is certified by ENERGY STAR at 327 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $61 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
TCL MR453L against the category
That's 15.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,123 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 $11/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
TCL MR453Z ($61/yr, 327 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the TCL MR453L. TCL MR453B ($61/yr, 327 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the TCL lineup
TCL makes 24 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 17 of 24 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MR121S at $39/yr, and its priciest, the TRF20S5AL-S1 at $87/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the TCL MR453L that long and it costs about $799 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The TCL MR453L is already efficient for its category at $61/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The TCL MR453L already costs $61/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 2,123 of 4,704, the TCL MR453L 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 327 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.