Premium Levella PFV1405XW Running Cost (Freezer)
Premium Levella PFV1405XW: running cost
At 396 kWh/yr, the Premium Levella PFV1405XW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified freezer.
That $74 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.
How the Premium Levella PFV1405XW compares to other freezers
Against the category average of 401 kWh/yr, this model uses 1.2% less, ranking 307 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. 658 certified freezers, one average, about $1/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Premium Levella PFV1405XW on that list: Forno FFFFD1738-28WHT-RS ($74/yr, 396 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Premium Levella PFV1406XS ($74/yr, 396 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified freezers Premium Levella makes, the PFV1405XW is the cheapest to run, $18/year less than Premium Levella's priciest, the PFV21206HS.
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?
Efficient as certified freezers go, $74/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
If you're keeping it
$74/year to run is the predictable cost of the Premium Levella PFV1405XW; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.