LG WM6998HA Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
LG WM6998HA: running cost
The LG WM6998HA is certified by ENERGY STAR at 380 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
That $71 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 WM6998HA compares to other clothes dryers
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 33.6% less, ranking 97 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $36/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the LG WM6998HA on that list: Whirlpool YWFH5424S ($60/yr, 317 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Hisense DH5S452BB ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 10 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).
LG WM6998HA over 12 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the LG WM6998HA that long and it costs about $857 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $71/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
The LG WM6998HA already costs $71/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Ranked 97 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG WM6998HA 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 380 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.