LG DLG7151 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the LG DLG7151
The LG DLG7151 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 685 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG DLG7151 against the category
That's 19.8% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 476 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 $21/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
LG DLG7201E ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG DLG7151. LG DLG7151 ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing LG's own models
LG makes 144 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 102 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
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the LG DLG7151 costs roughly $1,545 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The LG DLG7151 runs above its category average. If the clothes dryer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $129/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$129/year to run is the predictable cost of the LG DLG7151; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Ranked 476 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLG7151 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 685 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.