VITARA VBCF1661EWE: running cost
The VITARA VBCF1661EWE is certified by ENERGY STAR at 570 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $107 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
VITARA VBCF1661EWE against the category
That's 42.1% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 635 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 $32/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Zline RBCFV-30 ($107/yr, 570 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the VITARA VBCF1661EWE. KUCHT KR300TF ($107/yr, 570 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the VITARA lineup
VITARA makes 27 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 26 of 27 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the VLUF0310EB at $46/yr, and its priciest, the VBCF2001EWE at $118/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.
Shopping for a new one
The VITARA VBCF1661EWE 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 $107/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The VITARA VBCF1661EWE already costs $107/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
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.