FINLUX DR4408SCH Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the FINLUX DR4408SCH costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the FINLUX DR4408SCH at 317 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $60 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
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 44.6% less, ranking 81 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 $48/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 FINLUX DR4408SCH: FINLUX DR4405WCH ($60/yr, 317 kWh/yr), then FINLUX DR4409DSCH ($60/yr, 317 kWh/yr).
Comparing FINLUX's own models
Ranked 3 of FINLUX's 4 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the DR4400WSB ($60/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the DR4409DSCH ($60/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the FINLUX DR4408SCH that long and it costs about $715 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $60/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the FINLUX DR4408SCH ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 81 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the FINLUX DR4408SCH 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. The 317 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.