Amana NED5800H Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Amana NED5800H costs to run
The Amana NED5800H is certified by ENERGY STAR at 608 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
That $114 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 Amana NED5800H compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 6.3% above it, ranking 212 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $7/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Amana NED5800H on that list: AEG DHP240 ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Amana YNED5800H ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers Amana makes, the NED5800H is the cheapest to run, $15/year less than Amana's priciest, the NGD5800H.
Amana NED5800H over 12 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Amana NED5800H that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $114/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
A clothes dryer like the Amana NED5800H is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
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. Ranked 212 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Amana NED5800H is also worth reading with a caveat specific to this category: the methodology page explains why ENERGY STAR's own combined-energy figure for dryers can overstate the electric bill impact of a gas model. The rest of what changes this number, by state rather than by model, is in the guide to why your state changes this number.