Model
Fisher & Paykel RS30F
Rank #461 means 460 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 50th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 50% of those models.
What does the Fisher & Paykel RS30F cost to run per year?
At about $91 a year, the Fisher & Paykel RS30F costs more to run than most freezer models we track, rank #461 of 622. It uses 22% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $114/yr to run, a saving of roughly $23 a year. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 50 lands in the middle of the pack once capacity is accounted for. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 15.6 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 Liebherr MF 3061 at $90/yr runs a little cheaper and the Arctic Wind AUFSS210ETH-LK at $91/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 Fisher & Paykel RS30F's $91/yr adds up to roughly $1274 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Fisher & Paykel RS30F 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 $91/yr, here is what the Fisher & Paykel RS30F adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Fisher & Paykel RS30F costs about $910. That is roughly $230 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $1140 over the same ten years.
How the Fisher & Paykel RS30F compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $91/yr, it runs about $16 a year above the class median of $75, and it is about $66 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $114/yr, the Fisher & Paykel RS30F uses 22% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 15.6 cu ft, the Fisher & Paykel RS30F is a mid-size freezer for its class, which spans 1.1 to 23 cu ft with a median of 13.8 cu ft, putting it squarely in the middle of the class on the size lever that drives most of the cost.
- 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 Fisher & Paykel RS30F cheap to run?
Its $91/yr running cost, rank #461 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 Fisher & Paykel RS30F cost per month?
About $7.59 a month, which is the $91 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: 491 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $91 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Fisher & Paykel RS30F for its size?
50th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is a real factor in the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 460 | Liebherr MF 306115.2 cu ft | $90 |
| 459 | Gaggenau RVF47779018.2 cu ft | $90 |
| 458 | Sks SKSCF1801*9.6 cu ft | $89 |
| 457 | Signature Kitchen Suite SKSCF1801*9.6 cu ft | $89 |
| 456 | Vitara VLUF2000EWE20.2 cu ft | $89 |
Source
ES_31708_RS3084FLJ1_05232018173646_7006338View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Fisher & Paykel and RS30F 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.