LG DLHC8402 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
LG DLHC8402: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the LG DLHC8402 at 257 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $48 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 DLHC8402 compares to other clothes dryers
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 55.1% less, ranking 48 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $59/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the LG DLHC8402 on that list: LG DLHC4002 ($48/yr, 257 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Asko T411HS.W.U ($49/yr, 263 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing LG's own models
Ranked 5 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the LG DLHC8402 that long and it costs about $580 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $48/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the LG DLHC8402 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Ranked 48 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLHC8402 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 257 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.