ELEMENT EXUF20CEEW Running Cost (Freezer)
ELEMENT EXUF20CEEW: running cost
At 479 kWh/yr, the ELEMENT EXUF20CEEW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
That $90 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
The category average is 401 kWh/yr; this model runs 19.5% above it, ranking 476 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 $15/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 EXUF20CEEW: ELEMENT EXUF20CEES ($90/yr, 479 kWh/yr), then Gaggenau RF471705 ($90/yr, 479 kWh/yr).
Within the ELEMENT lineup
Ranked 13 of ELEMENT's 18 certified freezers, this sits between the EUF14CDB ($74/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the EHUF21CECW ($93/yr, its priciest).
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
Running above the category average, $90/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the ELEMENT EXUF20CEEW 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
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 479 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 476 of 658, the ELEMENT EXUF20CEEW 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.