Midea MLTE61N5CWW Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Midea MLTE61N5CWW costs to run
The Midea MLTE61N5CWW 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 336 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 MLTE61N5CCG ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MLTE62S7ACG ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 35 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 25 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
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $114/year, the Midea MLTE61N5CWW adds up to about $1,372 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MLTE61N5CWW 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
Whether or not the Midea MLTE61N5CWW ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 336 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Midea MLTE61N5CWW 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.