FARBERWARE FW-UFR701US Running Cost (Freezer)
What the FARBERWARE FW-UFR701US costs to run
The FARBERWARE FW-UFR701US is certified by ENERGY STAR at 296 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
That $56 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 26.2% less, ranking 128 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 $20/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 FARBERWARE FW-UFR701US: Danby DUFM068A1SCDB ($56/yr, 296 kWh/yr), then FARBERWARE FW-UFR702US ($56/yr, 296 kWh/yr).
Within the FARBERWARE lineup
Of the 8 ENERGY STAR certified freezers FARBERWARE makes, the FW-UFR701US is the cheapest to run, $37/year less than FARBERWARE's priciest, the FW-UFR211-I3B.
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, $56/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
$56/year to run is the predictable cost of the FARBERWARE FW-UFR701US; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 128 of 658, the FARBERWARE FW-UFR701US 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 296 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.