Midea WHS-625FWEW1 Running Cost (Freezer)
What the Midea WHS-625FWEW1 costs to run
The Midea WHS-625FWEW1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 438 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
That $82 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
The category average is 401 kWh/yr; this model runs 9.2% above it, ranking 416 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 $7/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 Midea WHS-625FWEW1: Midea WHS-625FWESS1 ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr), then Midea WHS-625FWEW1 ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr).
Comparing Midea's own models
Ranked 30 of Midea's 41 certified freezers, this sits between the MRC04M3C ($33/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MRU21C7B ($94/yr, its priciest).
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 Midea WHS-625FWEW1 or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Midea WHS-625FWEW1 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.
Where this number comes from
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.