Samsung DV48J777G Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Samsung DV48J777G: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Samsung DV48J777G at 685 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $129 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a clothes dryer
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 19.8% above it, ranking 526 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 639 clothes dryers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $21/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Samsung DV48J777G: Samsung DV48J770G ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr), then Samsung DV50K75G ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 67 of Samsung's 102 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the DV25B69H ($24/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WH53DBH7G ($129/yr, its priciest).
Samsung DV48J777G over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung DV48J777G costs roughly $1,545 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
At $129/year, this is on the expensive side for a clothes dryer; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $23/year, worth knowing before buying either the Samsung DV48J777G or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Samsung DV48J777G already costs $129/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 526 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DV48J777G 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. The rest of what changes this number, by state rather than by model, is in the guide to why your state changes this number. The 685 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.