What the Viking Range, LLC FDWU724 costs to run
The Viking Range, LLC FDWU724 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 230 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among dishwashers currently certified.
That $43 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.
How the Viking Range, LLC FDWU724 compares to other dishwashers
Against the category average of 232 kWh/yr, this model uses 0.9% less, ranking 177 of 737 dishwashers tracked here for running cost. 737 certified dishwashers, one average, about $0/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Viking Range, LLC FDWU724 on that list: Miele G 7966 SCVi ($43/yr, 230 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Viking Range, LLC VDWU724SS ($43/yr, 230 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Viking Range, LLC lineup
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified dishwashers Viking Range, LLC makes, the FDWU724 is the cheapest to run, about the same, within a dollar a year, less than Viking Range, LLC's priciest, the VDWU724SS.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical dishwasher's service life at 9 years; run the Viking Range, LLC FDWU724 that long and it costs about $389 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified dishwashers go, $43/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Viking Range, LLC FDWU724 already costs $43/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Dishwasher category page shows all 737 dishwashers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.