Gaggenau RVF477790: running cost
The Gaggenau RVF477790 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 486 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $91 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 21.2% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 485 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 $16/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 SKS SKSCF1801* ($90/yr, 480 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Liebherr MF 3061 ($91/yr, 486 kWh/yr).
Comparing Gaggenau's own models
Gaggenau makes 19 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 12 of 19 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RVF417790 at $72/yr, and its priciest, the RF471701 at $106/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.
Shopping for a new one
The Gaggenau RVF477790 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 $91/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$91/year to run is the predictable cost of the Gaggenau RVF477790; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
The data behind this page
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.