BANGSON US-BSR-017A Running Cost (Freezer)
What the BANGSON US-BSR-017A costs to run
At 216 kWh/yr, the BANGSON US-BSR-017A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
That $41 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.
Efficient, or not, for a freezer
Against the category average of 401 kWh/yr, this model uses 46.1% less, ranking 43 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 658 freezers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $35/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the BANGSON US-BSR-017A: BANGSON US-BSR-017-3 ($41/yr, 216 kWh/yr), then BANGSON US-BSR-019 ($41/yr, 216 kWh/yr).
Within the BANGSON lineup
Ranked 5 of BANGSON's 18 certified freezers, this sits between the US-BSR-017 ($41/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the US-BSR-0196A ($43/yr, 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
Efficient as certified freezers go, $41/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
If you're keeping it
$41/year to run is the predictable cost of the BANGSON US-BSR-017A; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
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. The 216 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.