Samsung DV50K86G Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Samsung DV50K86G
At 685 kWh/yr, the Samsung DV50K86G's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung DV50K86G against the category
That's 19.8% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 528 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 DV52J806G ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung DV50K86G. Samsung DV50K75G ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Samsung's own models
Samsung makes 102 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 69 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
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung DV50K86G costs roughly $1,545 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Samsung DV50K86G 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
$129/year to run is the predictable cost of the Samsung DV50K86G; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 528 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DV50K86G 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.