Samsung DV25B68H Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Samsung DV25B68H costs to run
The Samsung DV25B68H is certified by ENERGY STAR at 154 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
The $29 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung DV25B68H against the category
That's 73.1% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 25 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 $79/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Samsung DV25FG620 ($29/yr, 154 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung DV25B68H. Blomberg DHP24412W ($28/yr, 149 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Samsung's own models
Samsung makes 102 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 5 of 102 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DV25B69H at $24/yr, and its priciest, the WH53DBH7G at $129/yr.
What this adds up to over time
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $29/year, the Samsung DV25B68H adds up to about $347 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung DV25B68H is already efficient for its category at $29/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
At $29/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 25 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DV25B68H 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.