Samsung DV53BB89H Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Samsung DV53BB89H costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Samsung DV53BB89H at 281 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $53 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung DV53BB89H against the category
That's 50.9% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 54 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 $55/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Asko T208H.W.U ($53/yr, 283 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung DV53BB89H. LG WKHC252HA ($50/yr, 266 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Samsung's own models
Samsung makes 102 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 8 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 $53/year, the Samsung DV53BB89H adds up to about $634 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung DV53BB89H is already efficient for its category at $53/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Samsung DV53BB89H ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 281 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 54 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DV53BB89H 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.