VITARA VLUF1400EWE Running Cost (Freezer)
What the VITARA VLUF1400EWE costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the VITARA VLUF1400EWE at 396 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
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 VITARA VLUF1400EWE compares to other freezers
Against the category average of 401 kWh/yr, this model uses 1.2% less, ranking 313 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 VITARA VLUF1400EWE on that list: VITARA VLUF1400ESE ($74/yr, 396 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while VITARA VLUF1401ESE ($74/yr, 396 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the VITARA lineup
Ranked 10 of VITARA's 27 certified freezers, this sits between the VLUF0310EB ($46/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the VBCF2001EWE ($118/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.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified freezers go, $74/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$74/year to run is the predictable cost of the VITARA VLUF1400EWE; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
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 396 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.