Maytag MED8150EC Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Maytag MED8150EC costs to run
At 608 kWh/yr, the Maytag MED8150EC'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.
Where this ranks
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 291 of 639 certified clothes dryers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 639 currently-certified clothes dryers feeds that average, putting this model about $7/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among clothes dryers, one step cheaper is Maytag MED8100D+ ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Maytag MED8150EW ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Within the Maytag lineup
Maytag makes 42 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 10 of 42 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MED5500FW at $114/yr, and its priciest, the MGDB955FW at $129/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Maytag MED8150EC costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Maytag MED8150EC 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 MED8150EC 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.
The data behind this page
Ranked 291 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Maytag MED8150EC 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 608 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.