LG DLG7201E Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the LG DLG7201E costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the LG DLG7201E at 685 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG DLG7201E against the category
That's 19.8% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 477 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 DLG7301E ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG DLG7201E. LG DLG7151 ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the LG lineup
LG makes 144 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 103 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the LG DLG7201E that long and it costs about $1,545 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
At $129/year, this is on the expensive side for a clothes dryer; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $23/year, worth knowing before buying either the LG DLG7201E or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the LG DLG7201E ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 685 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 477 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLG7201E 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.