Hisense DH5S452BW Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Hisense DH5S452BW: running cost
At 435 kWh/yr, the Hisense DH5S452BW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Hisense DH5S452BW against the category
That's 24% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 100 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 $26/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Premium Levella PHD450HW ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Hisense DH5S452BW. Hisense DH5S452BT ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Among Hisense's 3 certified clothes dryers, this is the priciest to run, about the same, within a dollar a year, over the DH5S452BB, the brand's cheapest.
Hisense DH5S452BW over 12 years
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $82/year, the Hisense DH5S452BW adds up to about $981 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Hisense DH5S452BW is already efficient for its category at $82/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 Hisense DH5S452BW ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 100 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Hisense DH5S452BW 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.