Bertazzoni REF24FCBIPNV Running Cost (Freezer)

Name: Bertazzoni REF24FCBIPNV
Brand: Bertazzoni

Bertazzoni REF24FCBIPNV: running cost

One of the more expensive models in its category to run

$96/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the Bertazzoni REF24FCBIPNV at 511 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.

$0.26per day

$8.01per month

511kWh per year, certified

Price it at your own rate instead

The $96 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Bertazzoni REF24FCBIPNV against the category

That's 27.4% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 589 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 $21/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Elica EC24SLA12IPR ($96/yr, 511 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Bertazzoni REF24FCBIPNV. VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7240R ($95/yr, 506 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

Bertazzoni makes 4 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 2 of 4 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the REF18FCBIPLV at $85/yr, and its priciest, the REF36FCBIPNP at $118/yr.

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

At $96/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 Bertazzoni REF24FCBIPNV or its replacement.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

Whether or not the Bertazzoni REF24FCBIPNV ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

Sourcing

Ranked 589 of 658, the Bertazzoni REF24FCBIPNV 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 511 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.