Electrolux ELVG7400AW Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Electrolux ELVG7400AW: running cost
At 687 kWh/yr, the Electrolux ELVG7400AW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
That $129 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a clothes dryer
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.1% above it, ranking 549 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 639 clothes dryers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $22/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Electrolux ELVG7400AW: Electrolux ELTG7600 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), then Frigidaire FDGX21E4EW ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Of the 40 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers Electrolux makes, the ELVG7400AW costs the most to run, $70/year more than Electrolux's cheapest, the ELFE4222.
Electrolux ELVG7400AW over 12 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Electrolux ELVG7400AW that long and it costs about $1,550 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $129/year, this is on the expensive side for a clothes dryer; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $23/year, worth knowing before buying either the Electrolux ELVG7400AW or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$129/year to run is the predictable cost of the Electrolux ELVG7400AW; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 687 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 549 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Electrolux ELVG7400AW 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. The rest of what changes this number, by state rather than by model, is in the guide to why your state changes this number.