VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300L Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300L
ENERGY STAR certifies the VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300L at 566 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $106 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 41.1% above it, ranking 628 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 $31/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 VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300L: Fhiaba S300FZ6IU ($106/yr, 566 kWh/yr), then VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300R ($106/yr, 566 kWh/yr).
Within the VIKING RANGE,LLC lineup
Ranked 5 of VIKING RANGE,LLC's 8 certified freezers, this sits between the FDFZIC7180L ($83/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FDFZIC7360R ($119/yr, its priciest).
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?
At $106/year, this is on the expensive side for a freezer; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $26/year, worth knowing before buying either the VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300L or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300L 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
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 566 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.