Electrolux ELFE753C Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Electrolux ELFE753C: running cost
At 608 kWh/yr, the Electrolux ELFE753C'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.
Electrolux ELFE753C against the category
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 233 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 ELFE7626 ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Electrolux ELFE753C. Electrolux ELFE7537 ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Electrolux's own models
Electrolux makes 40 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 16 of 40 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ELFE4222 at $60/yr, and its priciest, the ELVG7400AW at $129/yr.
Electrolux ELFE753C over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Electrolux ELFE753C costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Electrolux ELFE753C 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
Whether or not the Electrolux ELFE753C ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Ranked 233 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Electrolux ELFE753C 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.