Samsung DV45K62G Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Samsung DV45K62G: running cost
The Samsung DV45K62G is certified by ENERGY STAR at 685 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung DV45K62G against the category
That's 19.8% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 521 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 $21/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Samsung DV45K65G ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung DV45K62G. LG SIGNATURE DLGX9901 ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Samsung lineup
Samsung makes 102 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 62 of 102 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DV25B69H at $24/yr, and its priciest, the WH53DBH7G 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 DV45K62G that long and it costs about $1,545 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Samsung DV45K62G runs above its category average. If the clothes dryer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $129/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
A clothes dryer like the Samsung DV45K62G is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 521 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DV45K62G 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.