Running cost for the Arctic King AC35ESKCR1RCM
The Arctic King AC35ESKCR1RCM is certified by ENERGY STAR at 174 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $33 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Arctic King AC35ESKCR1RCM against the category
That's 56.6% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 8 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 $43/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Arctic King ARC04B2C** ($33/yr, 174 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Arctic King AC35ESKCR1RCM. Danby DCF035A5WDB ($33/yr, 173 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Arctic King sells 10 certified freezers; this one runs cheapest of them, $27/year under the AU83ETWBR1RCM, its priciest.
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.
Weighing a replacement
The Arctic King AC35ESKCR1RCM is already efficient for its category at $33/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
The Arctic King AC35ESKCR1RCM already costs $33/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 8 of 658, the Arctic King AC35ESKCR1RCM sits in the middle of the freezer category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 174 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.