LG DLEX5500 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
LG DLEX5500: running cost
The LG DLEX5500 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 607 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
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 DLEX5500 compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 6.1% above it, ranking 169 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 DLEX5500 on that list: LG DLEX5005 ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while LG DLEX5800 ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 58 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 DLEX5500 over 12 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the LG DLEX5500 that long and it costs about $1,369 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The LG DLEX5500 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
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 607 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 169 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLEX5500 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.