LG SIGNATURE WM9998HA Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the LG SIGNATURE WM9998HA
The LG SIGNATURE WM9998HA is certified by ENERGY STAR at 315 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
That $59 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.
Efficient, or not, for a clothes dryer
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 44.9% less, ranking 64 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 639 clothes dryers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $48/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the LG SIGNATURE WM9998HA: LG WKHC202HA ($56/yr, 299 kWh/yr), then AEG DC240 ($60/yr, 317 kWh/yr).
Within the LG SIGNATURE lineup
Of the 5 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers LG SIGNATURE makes, the WM9998HA is the cheapest to run, $70/year less than LG SIGNATURE's priciest, the DLGX9901.
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 SIGNATURE WM9998HA that long and it costs about $711 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $59/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
A clothes dryer like the LG SIGNATURE WM9998HA 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.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 315 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 64 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG SIGNATURE WM9998HA 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.