Samsung DVE52B76 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Samsung DVE52B76: running cost
At 608 kWh/yr, the Samsung DVE52B76's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 356 of 639 certified clothes dryers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 639 currently-certified clothes dryers feeds that average, putting this model about $7/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among clothes dryers, one step cheaper is Samsung DVE50T74 ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Samsung DVE52DG5505 ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Comparing Samsung's own models
Samsung makes 102 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 43 of 102 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DV25B69H at $24/yr, and its priciest, the WH53DBH7G at $129/yr.
Samsung DVE52B76 over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung DVE52B76 costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung DVE52B76 is already efficient for its category at $114/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
At $114/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
Ranked 356 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DVE52B76 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. The 608 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.