LG DLEX8900 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the LG DLEX8900
The LG DLEX8900 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 607 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG DLEX8900 against the category
That's 6.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 184 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 DLEX8980 ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG DLEX8900. LG DLEX8600E ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the LG lineup
LG makes 144 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 73 of 144 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DLHC1455 at $25/yr, and its priciest, the WSGX201HA at $129/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $114/year, the LG DLEX8900 adds up to about $1,369 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The LG DLEX8900 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
Protecting what you have
$114/year to run is the predictable cost of the LG DLEX8900; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Ranked 184 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLEX8900 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.