Miele F 2412 Vi Running Cost (Freezer)
What the Miele F 2412 Vi costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Miele F 2412 Vi at 404 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $76 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 0.7% above it, ranking 325 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 $1/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 Miele F 2412 Vi: Gaggenau RF411705 ($76/yr, 404 kWh/yr), then Thermador T18IF905SP ($76/yr, 404 kWh/yr).
Within the Miele lineup
Ranked 2 of Miele's 20 certified freezers, this sits between the FNS 7794 E ($66/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the F 2911 Vi ($102/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.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified freezers go, $76/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$76/year to run is the predictable cost of the Miele F 2412 Vi; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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 404 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.