L2 LRU17B6 Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the L2 LRU17B6
ENERGY STAR certifies the L2 LRU17B6 at 438 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 9.2% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 407 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 $7/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 Insignia NS-UZ17WH0 ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is L2 LRU17B6A ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
L2 makes 10 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 8 of 10 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the LRC05M2AWWC at $37/yr, and its priciest, the LRU21B6A at $93/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
At $82/year, this is on the expensive side for a freezer; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $26/year, worth knowing before buying either the L2 LRU17B6 or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The L2 LRU17B6 already costs $82/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
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 438 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.