LG DLHC1455 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the LG DLHC1455
At 133 kWh/yr, the LG DLHC1455's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $25 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG DLHC1455 against the category
That's 76.7% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 5 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 $83/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
LG WKHC152HA ($25/yr, 133 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG DLHC1455. Samsung DV25FG500 ($24/yr, 125 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the LG lineup
LG sells 144 certified clothes dryers; this one runs cheapest of them, $104/year under the WSGX201HA, its priciest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the LG DLHC1455 costs roughly $300 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The LG DLHC1455 is already efficient for its category at $25/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
A clothes dryer like the LG DLHC1455 is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Ranked 5 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLHC1455 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 133 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.