EPIC ECF36W-1 Running Cost (Freezer)
EPIC ECF36W-1: running cost
The EPIC ECF36W-1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 167 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $31 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
EPIC ECF36W-1 against the category
That's 58.4% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 3 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 $44/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Marathon MCF36W-1 ($31/yr, 167 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the EPIC ECF36W-1. Liebherr UF3651 ($29/yr, 155 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
EPIC sells 3 certified freezers; this one runs cheapest of them, $11/year under the ECF71W, 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
The EPIC ECF36W-1 is already efficient for its category at $31/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new freezer costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the EPIC ECF36W-1 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
The EPIC ECF36W-1 is among the cheapest 658 freezers tracked here to run, see the full Freezer category page for the rest of the range. Being near the top of the category still doesn't answer whether replacing an older model is worth it, which the guide to when replacing one actually pays off does. The 167 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.