VITARA VLUF2000EWE Running Cost (Freezer)
What the VITARA VLUF2000EWE costs to run
The VITARA VLUF2000EWE is certified by ENERGY STAR at 479 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $90 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
VITARA VLUF2000EWE against the category
That's 19.5% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 482 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
Signature Kitchen Suite SKSCF1801 ($90/yr, 480 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the VITARA VLUF2000EWE. VITARA VLUF2000ESE ($90/yr, 479 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
VITARA makes 27 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 21 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
Running above the category average, $90/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the VITARA VLUF2000EWE ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 479 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 482 of 658, the VITARA VLUF2000EWE 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.