TCL TRT07T4 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the TCL TRT07T4
At 344 kWh/yr, the TCL TRT07T4's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $65 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
TCL TRT07T4 against the category
That's 10.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,318 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 $8/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Vissani HVDR730BE ($65/yr, 344 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the TCL TRT07T4. Professional Series PS-TRF282USCH ($65/yr, 344 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing TCL's own models
TCL makes 24 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 20 of 24 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MR121S at $39/yr, and its priciest, the TRF20S5AL-S1 at $87/yr.
TCL TRT07T4 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the TCL TRT07T4 that long and it costs about $841 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The TCL TRT07T4 is already efficient for its category at $65/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the TCL TRT07T4 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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 344 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.