LG DLGX6701 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the LG DLGX6701
The LG DLGX6701 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.
That $129 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 DLGX6701 compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 19.8% above it, ranking 500 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $21/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the LG DLGX6701 on that list: LG DLGX6501 ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while LG DLGX7481E ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 126 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).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the LG DLGX6701 costs roughly $1,545 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The LG DLGX6701 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.
If you're keeping it
$129/year to run is the predictable cost of the LG DLGX6701; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Ranked 500 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLGX6701 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. The 685 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.