Model
Mora MFU170N6AWE
Rank #369 means 368 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 78th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 78% of those models.
What does the Mora MFU170N6AWE cost to run per year?
Among the 622 freezer models we track, the Mora MFU170N6AWE's $81/yr running cost ranks it #369, close to dead center. It uses 10% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $90/yr to run, a saving of roughly $9 a year. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 78 is comfortably above the class median. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 17 cu ft (the class spans 1.1 to 23), size is the clearest lever we can point to for this model's running cost.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Hisense HFU170N6CWE at $81/yr runs a little cheaper and the Avanti AV170VFLJM#** at $81/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A freezer typically stays in service for somewhere around 14 years; over that span, the Mora MFU170N6AWE's $81/yr adds up to roughly $1134 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Elisii DECVC170W.
By the numbers
The Mora MFU170N6AWE normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $81/yr, here is what the Mora MFU170N6AWE adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Mora MFU170N6AWE costs about $810. That is roughly $90 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $900 over the same ten years.
How the Mora MFU170N6AWE compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $81/yr, it runs about $6 a year above the class median of $75, and it is about $56 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $90/yr, the Mora MFU170N6AWE uses 10% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 17 cu ft, the Mora MFU170N6AWE is a large freezer for its class, which spans 1.1 to 23 cu ft with a median of 13.8 cu ft, and larger freezer models generally cost more to run than smaller ones in the same class, simply because there is more to keep cold, spin, heat, or light.
- Interior volume. As with refrigerators, more cubic feet of frozen storage generally means a bigger compressor and a higher annual energy figure.
- Insulation and defrost type. Better-insulated cabinets lose less cold to the surrounding room, and frost-free (automatic-defrost) freezers run a periodic heating element that a manual-defrost model does not.
- Chest vs upright design. Door orientation affects how much cold air escapes per opening: top-opening chest designs generally hold cold better than front-opening upright ones.
Common questions
Is the Mora MFU170N6AWE cheap to run?
Roughly, yes. Its $81/yr figure is close to the class median, ranking #369 of 622, neither a bargain nor a splurge on running cost.
How much does the Mora MFU170N6AWE cost per month?
About $6.76 a month, which is the $81 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 437 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $81 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Mora MFU170N6AWE for its size?
78th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 372 | Hisense HFU170N6CWE17 cu ft | $81 |
| 371 | Hisense FV17C6AWE17 cu ft | $81 |
| 370 | Hisense CFU17N6A*E17 cu ft | $81 |
| 369 | Elisii DECVC170W17 cu ft | $81 |
| 368 | Vitara VLUF1701EWE17 cu ft | $81 |
Source
ES_1110877_MFU170N6AWE_04152024032443_8600242View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Mora and MFU170N6AWE are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.