Wood's WUF170SL Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the Wood's WUF170SL
The Wood's WUF170SL is certified by ENERGY STAR at 443 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $83 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Wood's WUF170SL against the category
That's 10.5% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 428 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 $8/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Wood's WUF170W ($83/yr, 443 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Wood's WUF170SL. Thermador T24IF900SP ($83/yr, 443 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Wood's's own models
Wood's makes 4 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 3 of 4 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WUF140SL at $75/yr, and its priciest, the WUF170W at $83/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.
Is it worth replacing?
Running above the category average, $83/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
$83/year to run is the predictable cost of the Wood's WUF170SL; 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 443 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.