ELLIPSE ECVC138W Running Cost (Freezer)
What the ELLIPSE ECVC138W costs to run
At 394 kWh/yr, the ELLIPSE ECVC138W's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified freezer.
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 253 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 ELLIPSE ECVC138W: Elisii DECVC138W2 ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr), then ELLIPSE EFVC14W ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr).
Comparing ELLIPSE's own models
Ranked 4 of ELLIPSE's 8 certified freezers, this sits between the EVF060W ($53/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ECVC210 ($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.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified freezers go, $74/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$74/year to run is the predictable cost of the ELLIPSE ECVC138W; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.