Samsung DVG45B6305 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Samsung DVG45B6305: running cost
The Samsung DVG45B6305 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 687 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
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.
How the Samsung DVG45B6305 compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.1% above it, ranking 597 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $22/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Samsung DVG45B6305 on that list: Samsung DVG45A64 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Samsung DVG45R63 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 80 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 DVG45B6305 over 12 years
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $129/year, the Samsung DVG45B6305 adds up to about $1,550 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung DVG45B6305 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.
If you're keeping it
The Samsung DVG45B6305 already costs $129/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Ranked 597 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DVG45B6305 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. The 687 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.