Model
Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180L
Rank #398 means 397 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 13th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 13% of those models.
What does the Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180L cost to run per year?
The Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180L costs about $82 a year to run, more than most of the 622 freezer models we track; it ranks #398. It uses 10% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $89/yr to run, a saving of roughly $7 a year. Capacity-normalized, it ranks ahead of just 13% of freezer models we track, a clearly below-average result. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 7.9 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 Fisher & Paykel RS24F at $82/yr runs a little cheaper and the Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180R at $82/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 Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180L's $82/yr adds up to roughly $1148 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Fhiaba S180FZ3IU.
By the numbers
The Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180L 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 $82/yr, here is what the Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180L adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180L costs about $820. That is roughly $70 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $890 over the same ten years.
How the Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180L compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $82/yr, it runs about $7 a year above the class median of $75, and it is about $57 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $89/yr, the Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180L uses 10% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 7.9 cu ft, the Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180L is a small freezer for its class, which spans 1.1 to 23 cu ft with a median of 13.8 cu ft, and smaller freezer models generally cost less to run for the same job, all else being equal.
- 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 Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180L cheap to run?
Its $82/yr running cost, rank #398 of 622, is above what most freezer models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180L cost per month?
About $6.81 a month, which is the $82 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: 440 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $82 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7180L for its size?
13th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is not the main reason for the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Fisher & Paykel RS24F11.9 cu ft | $82 |
| 399 | Fhiaba S180FZ6IU7.9 cu ft | $82 |
| 398 | Fhiaba S180FZ3IU7.9 cu ft | $82 |
| 397 | West Bend WB170VFLJM#**17 cu ft | $81 |
| 396 | Omnimax 3730-73917 cu ft | $81 |
Source
ES_31770_FDFZIC7180L_032520261311438_3105349View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Viking Range,Llc and FDFZIC7180L 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.