Elisii DECVC1382 Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the Elisii DECVC1382
ENERGY STAR certifies the Elisii DECVC1382 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 250 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 Elisii DECVC1382: ELEMENT EUF14CE ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr), then Elisii DECVC138S2 ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 2 of Elisii's 16 certified freezers, this sits between the DECVC138W ($74/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the DECVC230W3 ($98/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.
Is it worth replacing?
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
The Elisii DECVC1382 already costs $74/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 250 of 658, the Elisii DECVC1382 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 394 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.