What the Cool-living CL-7UFR costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Cool-living CL-7UFR at 224 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $42 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Cool-living CL-7UFR against the category
That's 44.1% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 50 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 $33/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
EPIC ECF71W ($42/yr, 224 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Cool-living CL-7UFR. GE FCM11PH**** ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Cool-living's own models
Among Cool-living's 2 certified freezers, this is the priciest to run, $5/year over the CL-5UFR, 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.
Weighing a replacement
The Cool-living CL-7UFR is already efficient for its category at $42/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new freezer costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Cool-living CL-7UFR already costs $42/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 224 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.