Running cost for the KOOLATRON KTUF600-W-E
At 493 kWh/yr, the KOOLATRON KTUF600-W-E's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
The $93 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
KOOLATRON KTUF600-W-E against the category
That's 22.9% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 534 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 $17/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Marathon MFF212***** ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the KOOLATRON KTUF600-W-E. Kenmore KKUF21-W ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing KOOLATRON's own models
Among KOOLATRON's 7 certified freezers, this is the priciest to run, $52/year over the KTUF34, the brand's cheapest.
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 KOOLATRON KTUF600-W-E 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 $93/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the KOOLATRON KTUF600-W-E ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 534 of 658, the KOOLATRON KTUF600-W-E 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.