ARTT ATUF21ES SS Running Cost (Freezer)
What the ARTT ATUF21ES SS costs to run
The ARTT ATUF21ES SS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 492 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $93 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 22.7% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 491 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 658 currently-certified freezers feeds that average, putting this model about $17/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among freezers, one step cheaper is ARTT ATUF21ES ($93/yr, 492 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Danby DUF206E1SSLDB ($93/yr, 492 kWh/yr).
Within the ARTT lineup
Among ARTT's 2 certified freezers, this is the priciest to run, about the same, within a dollar a year, over the ATUF21ES, the brand's cheapest.
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.
Is it worth replacing?
At $93/year, this is on the expensive side for a freezer; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $26/year, worth knowing before buying either the ARTT ATUF21ES SS or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$93/year to run is the predictable cost of the ARTT ATUF21ES SS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
The data behind this page
Ranked 491 of 658, the ARTT ATUF21ES SS 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 492 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.