LG DLEX8980 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the LG DLEX8980 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the LG DLEX8980 at 607 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG DLEX8980 against the category
That's 6.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 185 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 DLEY1901E ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG DLEX8980. LG DLEX8900 ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
LG makes 144 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 74 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the LG DLEX8980 that long and it costs about $1,369 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The LG DLEX8980 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
The LG DLEX8980 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.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 607 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 185 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLEX8980 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.