VIKING RANGE,LLC FDWCIC7240R Running Cost (Refrigerator)
VIKING RANGE,LLC FDWCIC7240R: running cost
The VIKING RANGE,LLC FDWCIC7240R is certified by ENERGY STAR at 177 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $33 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 refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 54.1% less, ranking 190 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $39/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 FDWCIC7240R: VIKING RANGE,LLC FDWCIC7240L ($33/yr, 177 kWh/yr), then Zephyr PRRFD24C2AP ($34/yr, 179 kWh/yr).
Comparing VIKING RANGE,LLC's own models
Ranked 2 of VIKING RANGE,LLC's 10 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FDWCIC7240L ($33/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FDBMIC7360R ($109/yr, its priciest).
VIKING RANGE,LLC FDWCIC7240R over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the VIKING RANGE,LLC FDWCIC7240R that long and it costs about $433 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $33/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 FDWCIC7240R already costs $33/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
At rank 190 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 177 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.