Electrolux ELFE7537 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Electrolux ELFE7537 costs to run
The Electrolux ELFE7537 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 608 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Electrolux ELFE7537 against the category
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 232 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 $7/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Electrolux ELFE753C ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Electrolux ELFE7537. Electrolux ELFE743C ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Electrolux makes 40 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 15 of 40 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ELFE4222 at $60/yr, and its priciest, the ELVG7400AW at $129/yr.
Electrolux ELFE7537 over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Electrolux ELFE7537 costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Electrolux ELFE7537 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $114/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Ranked 232 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Electrolux ELFE7537 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.