ALPHA RDVC138WE Running Cost (Freezer)
ALPHA RDVC138WE: running cost
The ALPHA RDVC138WE is certified by ENERGY STAR at 394 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $74 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
ALPHA RDVC138WE against the category
That's 1.7% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 243 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every freezer ENERGY STAR currently certifies (658 models), not an outside benchmark, about $1/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Criterion CUF14M2 ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the ALPHA RDVC138WE. upstreman UF14-# ($74/yr, 392 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the ALPHA lineup
The ALPHA RDVC138WE is the only freezer from ALPHA that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full freezer category.
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for freezers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Shopping for a new one
The ALPHA RDVC138WE is already efficient for its category at $74/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new freezer costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $74/year just to run, a freezer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Freezer category page shows all 658 freezers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.