Midea MLTE45N5CCG Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Midea MLTE45N5CCG: running cost
The Midea MLTE45N5CCG 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.
Midea MLTE45N5CCG against the category
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 325 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
Midea MLTE45N5CWW ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MLTE45N5CCG. Midea MLHE52S7AWW ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Midea's own models
Midea makes 35 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 14 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Midea MLTE45N5CCG that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Midea MLTE45N5CCG 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
Whether or not the Midea MLTE45N5CCG ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 608 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 325 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Midea MLTE45N5CCG 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.