Mora MFU140N6AWE Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the Mora MFU140N6AWE
The Mora MFU140N6AWE is certified by ENERGY STAR at 391 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $74 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Mora MFU140N6AWE against the category
That's 2.5% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 236 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 $2/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
FARBERWARE FW-UFR391US-IN-I6A ($74/yr, 392 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Mora MFU140N6AWE. Insignia NS-UZ14 ($74/yr, 391 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Mora sells 4 certified freezers; this one runs cheapest of them, $19/year under the MFU210N6AWE, 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
The Mora MFU140N6AWE is already efficient for its category at $74/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new freezer costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Mora MFU140N6AWE ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 391 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.