What the HOMCOM 800-195V80WT costs to run
At 225 kWh/yr, the HOMCOM 800-195V80WT's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
That $42 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 43.9% less, ranking 60 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 $33/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 HOMCOM 800-195V80WT: Frigidaire FFCS0762AW ($42/yr, 225 kWh/yr), then L2 LRC07M2AWWC ($42/yr, 225 kWh/yr).
Within the HOMCOM lineup
The HOMCOM 800-195V80WT is the only freezer from HOMCOM that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full freezer category.
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, $42/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the HOMCOM 800-195V80WT ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 60 of 658, the HOMCOM 800-195V80WT 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.