BLACK+DECKER BUC1700XW Running Cost (Freezer)
BLACK+DECKER BUC1700XW: running cost
The BLACK+DECKER BUC1700XW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 435 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 8.5% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 361 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 $6/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 BLACK+DECKER BUC1700XS ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Conserv FR1700BREV ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr).
Within the BLACK+DECKER lineup
BLACK+DECKER makes 8 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 7 of 8 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the BUC1100XB at $67/yr, and its priciest, the BUC2120M at $93/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
The BLACK+DECKER BUC1700XW runs above its category average. If the freezer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $82/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the BLACK+DECKER BUC1700XW ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
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 435 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.