Midea MLHE31S2BWW Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Midea MLHE31S2BWW
The Midea MLHE31S2BWW 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.
Where this ranks
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 321 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 Midea MLHE31S2BBW ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MLHE52S6BGG ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Midea makes 35 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 10 of 35 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MLE27N5AWWC at $44/yr, and its priciest, the MLTG54S7ACG at $129/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea MLHE31S2BWW costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Midea MLHE31S2BWW 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Midea MLHE31S2BWW 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 321 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Midea MLHE31S2BWW 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.