Maytag MGD5630H Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Maytag MGD5630H: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Maytag MGD5630H at 687 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Maytag MGD5630H against the category
That's 20.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 575 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 $22/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Maytag MGD5630M ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Maytag MGD5630H. Kenmore 716520 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Maytag lineup
Maytag makes 42 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 32 of 42 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MED5500FW at $114/yr, and its priciest, the MGDB955FW at $129/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Maytag MGD5630H costs roughly $1,550 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $129/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Maytag MGD5630H ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 575 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Maytag MGD5630H 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.