Zline SRBCFV-36: running cost
The Zline SRBCFV-36 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 630 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
That $118 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.
Efficient, or not, for a freezer
The category average is 401 kWh/yr; this model runs 57.1% above it, ranking 651 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 658 freezers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $43/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Zline SRBCFV-36: VITARA VBCF2001EWE ($118/yr, 630 kWh/yr), then Fhiaba S360FZ3IU ($119/yr, 632 kWh/yr).
Within the Zline lineup
Of the 4 ENERGY STAR certified freezers Zline makes, the SRBCFV-36 costs the most to run, $33/year more than Zline's cheapest, the RBCFVL-18.
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?
The Zline SRBCFV-36 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 $118/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Zline SRBCFV-36 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
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.