Electrolux ELTG7300 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Electrolux ELTG7300: running cost
At 687 kWh/yr, the Electrolux ELTG7300's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Electrolux ELTG7300 against the category
That's 20.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 547 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 $22/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Electrolux ELTG7600 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Electrolux ELTG7300. Electrolux ELFG7738 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Electrolux's own models
Electrolux makes 40 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 38 of 40 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ELFE4222 at $60/yr, and its priciest, the ELVG7400AW at $129/yr.
What this adds up to over time
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $129/year, the Electrolux ELTG7300 adds up to about $1,550 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $129/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $129/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 547 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Electrolux ELTG7300 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.