Running cost for the Samsung DV45DG60**H*
ENERGY STAR certifies the Samsung DV45DG60**H* at 263 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $49 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung DV45DG60**H* against the category
That's 54% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 50 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 $58/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
LG DLHC5502* ($50/yr, 266 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung DV45DG60**H*. Asko T411HS.W.U ($49/yr, 263 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Samsung lineup
Samsung makes 102 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 7 of 102 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DV25B69**H* at $24/yr, and its priciest, the WH53DBH7**G* at $129/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Samsung DV45DG60**H* that long and it costs about $593 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung DV45DG60**H* is already efficient for its category at $49/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
$49/year to run is the predictable cost of the Samsung DV45DG60**H*; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 263 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 50 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DV45DG60**H* 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.