ELEMENT EUF21CECS Running Cost (Freezer)
ELEMENT EUF21CECS: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the ELEMENT EUF21CECS at 492 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $93 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
ELEMENT EUF21CECS against the category
That's 22.7% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 495 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 $17/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
ELLIPSE ECVC210 ($93/yr, 492 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the ELEMENT EUF21CECS. ELEMENT EUF21CEBW ($93/yr, 492 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing ELEMENT's own models
ELEMENT makes 18 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 15 of 18 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the EUF14CDB at $74/yr, and its priciest, the EHUF21CECW 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.
Is it worth replacing?
The ELEMENT EUF21CECS 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 $93/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $93/year just to run, a freezer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
At rank 495 of 658 for running cost, see the freezer category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 492 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.