BANGSON US-BSR-019-2 Running Cost (Freezer)
BANGSON US-BSR-019-2: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the BANGSON US-BSR-019-2 at 216 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
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 46 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-019-2: BANGSON US-BSR-019-1 ($41/yr, 216 kWh/yr), then BANGSON US-BSR-019-3 ($41/yr, 216 kWh/yr).
Within the BANGSON lineup
Ranked 8 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.
Shopping for a new one
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
Whether or not the BANGSON US-BSR-019-2 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 46 of 658, the BANGSON US-BSR-019-2 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.