Premium Levella PHD456HS Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Premium Levella PHD456HS costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Premium Levella PHD456HS at 435 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 24% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 102 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 $26/year under 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 Premium Levella PHD450HW ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Premium Levella PHD457HB ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Premium Levella makes 3 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 2 of 3 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the PHD450HW at $82/yr, and its priciest, the PHD457HB at $82/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 Premium Levella PHD456HS that long and it costs about $981 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Premium Levella PHD456HS is already efficient for its category at $82/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
$82/year to run is the predictable cost of the Premium Levella PHD456HS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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 102 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Premium Levella PHD456HS 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.