Asko T208H.W.U Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Asko T208H.W.U: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Asko T208H.W.U at 283 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $53 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 clothes dryer
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 50.5% less, ranking 55 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 639 clothes dryers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $54/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 Asko T208H.W.U: Samsung DV53BB89H ($53/yr, 281 kWh/yr), then BREDA BRDH927002 ($53/yr, 283 kWh/yr).
Comparing Asko's own models
Of the 7 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers Asko makes, the T208H.W.U costs the most to run, $27/year more than Asko's cheapest, the T3HW.U.
Asko T208H.W.U over 12 years
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $53/year, the Asko T208H.W.U adds up to about $638 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $53/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 Asko T208H.W.U already costs $53/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
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 55 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Asko T208H.W.U 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.