Running cost for the VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300R
The VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300R is certified by ENERGY STAR at 566 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
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.
How the VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300R compares to other freezers
The category average is 401 kWh/yr; this model runs 41.1% above it, ranking 629 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. 658 certified freezers, one average, about $31/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300R on that list: VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300L ($106/yr, 566 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV ($107/yr, 570 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the VIKING RANGE,LLC lineup
Ranked 6 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.
Shopping for a new one
The VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300R 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 $106/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the VIKING RANGE,LLC FDFZIC7300R ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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 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.