LG DLE3500 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the LG DLE3500
At 607 kWh/yr, the LG DLE3500's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
That $114 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 6.1% above it, ranking 134 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 $7/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 LG DLE3500: LG DLE3470 ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr), then LG DLE3580 ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr).
Comparing LG's own models
Ranked 23 of LG's 144 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the DLHC1455 ($25/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WSGX201HA ($129/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the LG DLE3500 costs roughly $1,369 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $114/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the LG DLE3500 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 134 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLE3500 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 607 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.