Samsung DVE52DG5505 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Samsung DVE52DG5505 costs to run
The Samsung DVE52DG5505 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 608 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
That $114 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.
How the Samsung DVE52DG5505 compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 6.3% above it, ranking 357 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $7/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Samsung DVE52DG5505 on that list: Samsung DVE52B76 ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Samsung DVE52T76 ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Samsung's own models
Ranked 44 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).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Samsung DVE52DG5505 that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $114/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
$114/year to run is the predictable cost of the Samsung DVE52DG5505; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 357 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DVE52DG5505 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.