Bosch WTW87NH1UC Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Bosch WTW87NH1UC: running cost
The Bosch WTW87NH1UC is certified by ENERGY STAR at 125 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
The $24 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Bosch WTW87NH1UC against the category
That's 78.1% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 2 of 639 certified clothes dryers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every clothes dryer ENERGY STAR currently certifies (639 models), not an outside benchmark, about $84/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Samsung DV25B69H ($24/yr, 125 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Bosch WTW87NH1UC. Bosch WQB245AXUC ($23/yr, 122 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Bosch's own models
Bosch makes 4 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 2 of 4 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WQB245AXUC at $23/yr, and its priciest, the WTG865H4UC at $60/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Bosch WTW87NH1UC costs roughly $282 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Bosch WTW87NH1UC is already efficient for its category at $24/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
A clothes dryer like the Bosch WTW87NH1UC 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.
Sourcing
Ranked 2 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Bosch WTW87NH1UC 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. The 125 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.