VITARA VLUF2000ESE Running Cost (Freezer)
What the VITARA VLUF2000ESE costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the VITARA VLUF2000ESE at 479 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $90 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
VITARA VLUF2000ESE against the category
That's 19.5% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 481 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 $15/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
VITARA VLUF2000EWE ($90/yr, 479 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the VITARA VLUF2000ESE. VITARA VLUF2000EBE ($90/yr, 479 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing VITARA's own models
VITARA makes 27 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 20 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.
Weighing a replacement
The VITARA VLUF2000ESE 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 $90/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
Protecting what you have
$90/year to run is the predictable cost of the VITARA VLUF2000ESE; 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 479 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.