LG SIGNATURE DLEX9900 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the LG SIGNATURE DLEX9900
At 607 kWh/yr, the LG SIGNATURE DLEX9900's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG SIGNATURE DLEX9900 against the category
That's 6.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 194 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 $7/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Samsung DV45K62E ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG SIGNATURE DLEX9900. LG SIGNATURE DLEX9700 ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
LG SIGNATURE makes 5 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 3 of 5 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WM9998HA at $59/yr, and its priciest, the DLGX9901 at $129/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $114/year, the LG SIGNATURE DLEX9900 adds up to about $1,369 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The LG SIGNATURE DLEX9900 is already efficient for its category at $114/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
Whether or not the LG SIGNATURE DLEX9900 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Ranked 194 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG SIGNATURE DLEX9900 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 607 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.