Blomberg DHP24404W Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Blomberg DHP24404W
ENERGY STAR certifies the Blomberg DHP24404W at 217 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 62.1% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 33 of 639 certified clothes dryers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 639 currently-certified clothes dryers feeds that average, putting this model about $67/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among clothes dryers, one step cheaper is Beko HPD24414W3 ($41/yr, 217 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Blomberg DHP24404W3 ($41/yr, 217 kWh/yr).
Comparing Blomberg's own models
Blomberg makes 4 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 3 of 4 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DHP24400W at $28/yr, and its priciest, the DHP24404W3 at $41/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Blomberg DHP24404W that long and it costs about $490 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Blomberg DHP24404W is already efficient for its category at $41/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Blomberg DHP24404W ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 217 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 33 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Blomberg DHP24404W 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. Whether a repair or a full replacement dryer makes more sense once the electric bill is this well known is covered in the guide to when replacing one pays off.