ELEMENT EUF14CDB Running Cost (Freezer)
ELEMENT EUF14CDB: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the ELEMENT EUF14CDB at 394 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $74 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 1.7% less, ranking 248 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 $1/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 ELEMENT EUF14CDB: Danby Designer DUF140E1WDD ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr), then ELEMENT EUF14CE ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr).
Within the ELEMENT lineup
Of the 18 ENERGY STAR certified freezers ELEMENT makes, the EUF14CDB is the cheapest to run, $19/year less than ELEMENT's priciest, the EHUF21CECW.
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
Efficient as certified freezers go, $74/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the ELEMENT EUF14CDB 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
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 394 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.