FULGOR MILANO FM6CF36IFBI: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the FULGOR MILANO FM6CF36IFBI at 630 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $118 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 57.1% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 644 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 658 currently-certified freezers feeds that average, putting this model about $43/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among freezers, one step cheaper is Elica EC36SLA20IPR ($118/yr, 630 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is FULGOR MILANO FM7CF36IFBI ($118/yr, 630 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
FULGOR MILANO makes 5 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 4 of 5 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FM4CF18IFBI at $85/yr, and its priciest, the FM7CF36IFBI at $118/yr.
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?
The FULGOR MILANO FM6CF36IFBI runs above its category average. If the freezer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $118/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
Protecting what you have
The FULGOR MILANO FM6CF36IFBI already costs $118/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
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. The 630 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.