Samsung DVG50A86 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Samsung DVG50A86
At 687 kWh/yr, the Samsung DVG50A86's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung DVG50A86 against the category
That's 20.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 603 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 $22/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Samsung DVG50A88 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung DVG50A86. Samsung DVG50A85 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Samsung's own models
Samsung makes 102 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 86 of 102 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DV25B69H at $24/yr, and its priciest, the WH53DBH7G at $129/yr.
Samsung DVG50A86 over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung DVG50A86 costs roughly $1,550 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
Running above the category average, $129/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$129/year to run is the predictable cost of the Samsung DVG50A86; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 603 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DVG50A86 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.