Gaggenau RVF497790: running cost
The Gaggenau RVF497790 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 536 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $101 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Gaggenau RVF497790 against the category
That's 33.7% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 614 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 $25/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Gaggenau RF491704 ($102/yr, 543 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Gaggenau RVF497790. Liebherr MF 3661 ($101/yr, 535 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Gaggenau's own models
Gaggenau makes 19 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 17 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 RVF497790 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 $101/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
Protecting what you have
A freezer like the Gaggenau RVF497790 is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
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 536 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.