Samsung DV90F53G Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Samsung DV90F53G
ENERGY STAR certifies the Samsung DV90F53G at 687 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 20.1% above it, ranking 595 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 $22/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 DV90F53G: Midea MLTG54S7ACG ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), then Samsung DVG45A64 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 78 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 DV90F53G over 12 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Samsung DV90F53G that long and it costs about $1,550 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
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 DV90F53G or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
$129/year to run is the predictable cost of the Samsung DV90F53G; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 595 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DV90F53G 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.