What the Kalamera KCF-100E costs to run
The Kalamera KCF-100E is certified by ENERGY STAR at 172 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $32 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Kalamera KCF-100E against the category
That's 57.1% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 5 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 $43/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Marathon MCF35W-1 ($32/yr, 172 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Kalamera KCF-100E. Marathon MCF36W-1 ($31/yr, 167 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Kalamera lineup
The Kalamera KCF-100E is the only freezer from Kalamera 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.
Weighing a replacement
The Kalamera KCF-100E is already efficient for its category at $32/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new freezer costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Kalamera KCF-100E already costs $32/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 172 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. The Kalamera KCF-100E is among the cheapest 658 freezers tracked here to run, see the full Freezer category page for the rest of the range.