Thermador T18ID900RP Running Cost (Freezer)
What the Thermador T18ID900RP costs to run
At 428 kWh/yr, the Thermador T18ID900RP's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified freezer.
The $80 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Thermador T18ID900RP against the category
That's 6.7% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 349 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 $5/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Thermador T18ID905LP ($80/yr, 428 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Thermador T18ID900RP. Thermador T18ID900LP ($80/yr, 428 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Thermador's own models
Thermador makes 15 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 5 of 15 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the T18IF905SP at $76/yr, and its priciest, the T36IF900SP at $102/yr.
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?
The Thermador T18ID900RP is already efficient for its category at $80/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new freezer costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Thermador T18ID900RP ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 349 of 658, the Thermador T18ID900RP 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.