Maytag MED7230H Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Maytag MED7230H costs to run
The Maytag MED7230H is certified by ENERGY STAR at 608 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Maytag MED7230H against the category
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 289 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
Maytag MED8100D+ ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Maytag MED7230H. Maytag MED7100D+ ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Maytag makes 42 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 8 of 42 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MED5500FW at $114/yr, and its priciest, the MGDB955FW at $129/yr.
Maytag MED7230H over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Maytag MED7230H costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Maytag MED7230H 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
The Maytag MED7230H already costs $114/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 289 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Maytag MED7230H 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.