Professional Series® PS-UFR141 Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the Professional Series® PS-UFR141
The Professional Series® PS-UFR141 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 396 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among freezers currently certified.
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 Professional Series® PS-UFR141 compares to other freezers
Against the category average of 401 kWh/yr, this model uses 1.2% less, ranking 309 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 Professional Series® PS-UFR141 on that list: Premium Levella PFV1406XS ($74/yr, 396 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Vissani VXUF1400BVEL ($74/yr, 396 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Professional Series® lineup
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified freezers Professional Series® makes, the PS-UFR141 is the cheapest to run, $7/year less than Professional Series®'s priciest, the PS-UFR171.
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
The Professional Series® PS-UFR141 already costs $74/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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. Ranked 309 of 658, the Professional Series® PS-UFR141 sits in the middle of the freezer category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.