Electrolux ELFE7337 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Electrolux ELFE7337 costs to run
At 608 kWh/yr, the Electrolux ELFE7337's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 228 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 $7/year over 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 Electrolux ELFE433CAW ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Electrolux ELFE733C ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Electrolux makes 40 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 11 of 40 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ELFE4222 at $60/yr, and its priciest, the ELVG7400AW at $129/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $114/year, the Electrolux ELFE7337 adds up to about $1,372 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Electrolux ELFE7337 is already efficient for its category at $114/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
The Electrolux ELFE7337 already costs $114/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
Ranked 228 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Electrolux ELFE7337 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 608 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.