Wizard by Crosley WRFE18M4A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Wizard by Crosley WRFE18M4A costs to run
The Wizard by Crosley WRFE18M4A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 549 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $103 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 Wizard by Crosley WRFE18M4A compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 42.2% above it, ranking 3,731 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 Wizard by Crosley WRFE18M4A on that list: Vissani MDFD18SS5 ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while ARTT ATBM19 ($103/yr, 550 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Wizard by Crosley's own models
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Wizard by Crosley makes, the WRFE18M4A costs the most to run, $16/year more than Wizard by Crosley's cheapest, the WRFE18M4A.
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 Wizard by Crosley WRFE18M4A that long and it costs about $1,342 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Running above the category average, $103/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$103/year to run is the predictable cost of the Wizard by Crosley WRFE18M4A; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Ranked 3,731 of 4,704, the Wizard by Crosley WRFE18M4A 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 549 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.