LG DLGX7601E Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
LG DLGX7601E: running cost
The LG DLGX7601E 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 DLGX7601E against the category
That's 19.8% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 503 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 DLGX7801E ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG DLGX7601E. LG DLGX7601 ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
LG makes 144 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 129 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
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the LG DLGX7601E costs roughly $1,545 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The LG DLGX7601E 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
Whether or not the LG DLGX7601E 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 503 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLGX7601E 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.