ELEMENT EHUF21CECW: running cost
At 493 kWh/yr, the ELEMENT EHUF21CECW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
The $93 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 22.9% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 521 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 $17/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 ELEMENT EHUF21CECS ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Elisii DECVC210*3 ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr).
Within the ELEMENT lineup
Among ELEMENT's 18 certified freezers, this is the priciest to run, $19/year over the EUF14CDB*, 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.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $93/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
Protecting what you have
$93/year to run is the predictable cost of the ELEMENT EHUF21CECW; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
The data behind this page
Ranked 521 of 658, the ELEMENT EHUF21CECW 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 493 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.