LG DLE6100 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the LG DLE6100
At 607 kWh/yr, the LG DLE6100'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.
How the LG DLE6100 compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 6.1% above it, ranking 139 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $7/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the LG DLE6100 on that list: LG DLE6100 ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while LG DLE6480 ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing LG's own models
Ranked 28 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).
LG DLE6100 over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the LG DLE6100 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
The LG DLE6100 already costs $114/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Ranked 139 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLE6100 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.