Wood's WUF170W Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the Wood's WUF170W
The Wood's WUF170W 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.
Where this ranks
That's 10.5% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 429 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 658 currently-certified freezers feeds that average, putting this model about $8/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among freezers, one step cheaper is Wood's WUF170SL ($83/yr, 443 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Frigidaire FFUE1836AV ($84/yr, 446 kWh/yr).
Comparing Wood's's own models
Among Wood's's 4 certified freezers, this is the priciest to run, $8/year over the WUF140SL, the brand's cheapest.
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, $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
Whether or not the Wood's WUF170W ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
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.