Vissani VS170HSUPSS Running Cost (Freezer)
What the Vissani VS170HSUPSS costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Vissani VS170HSUPSS at 435 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $82 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.
Efficient, or not, for a freezer
The category average is 401 kWh/yr; this model runs 8.5% above it, ranking 378 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 658 freezers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $6/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Vissani VS170HSUPSS: upstreman UF17-# ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr), then Vissani VS170HSUPW ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 12 of Vissani's 17 certified freezers, this sits between the MDUF3WHR6 ($46/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the VS217HSUPW ($94/yr, 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.
Weighing a replacement
The Vissani VS170HSUPSS runs above its category average. If the freezer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $82/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Vissani VS170HSUPSS already costs $82/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 435 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 378 of 658, the Vissani VS170HSUPSS 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.