Samsung DVG53BB89 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Samsung DVG53BB89
At 687 kWh/yr, the Samsung DVG53BB89's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
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 608 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 DVG53BB89: Samsung DVG53BB87 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), then Samsung DVG54CG755 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Comparing Samsung's own models
Ranked 91 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 DVG53BB89 over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung DVG53BB89 costs roughly $1,550 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung DVG53BB89 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
At $129/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
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 608 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DVG53BB89 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.