LG DLEX4500 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the LG DLEX4500
At 607 kWh/yr, the LG DLEX4500's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG DLEX4500 against the category
That's 6.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 167 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 $7/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
LG DLEX5005 ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG DLEX4500. LG DLEX4370 ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing LG's own models
LG makes 144 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 56 of 144 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DLHC1455 at $25/yr, and its priciest, the WSGX201HA at $129/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the LG DLEX4500 costs roughly $1,369 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The LG DLEX4500 is already efficient for its category at $114/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
A clothes dryer like the LG DLEX4500 is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Ranked 167 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLEX4500 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. The 607 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.