Running cost for the TRUARCTIC TFU2130SV
ENERGY STAR certifies the TRUARCTIC TFU2130SV at 493 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $93 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
TRUARCTIC TFU2130SV against the category
That's 22.9% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 552 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 $17/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
upstreman UF212 ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the TRUARCTIC TFU2130SV. TRUARCTIC TAUF2133W ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing TRUARCTIC's own models
Among TRUARCTIC's 3 certified freezers, this is the priciest to run, about the same, within a dollar a year, over the TAUF2133SV, the brand's cheapest.
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
At $93/year, this is on the expensive side for a freezer; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $26/year, worth knowing before buying either the TRUARCTIC TFU2130SV or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
Protecting what you have
$93/year to run is the predictable cost of the TRUARCTIC TFU2130SV; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
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 493 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.