TCL TRM47D5AW Running Cost (Refrigerator)
TCL TRM47D5AW: running cost
The TCL TRM47D5AW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 321 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $60 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
TCL TRM47D5AW against the category
That's 16.8% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,025 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 $12/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Vissani VS47HSTMW ($60/yr, 321 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the TCL TRM47D5AW. Master Chef 043-0291-4 ($60/yr, 321 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the TCL lineup
TCL makes 24 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 13 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 TRM47D5AW that long and it costs about $785 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The TCL TRM47D5AW is already efficient for its category at $60/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $60/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
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 321 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.