Speed Queen ADGE9118T Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Speed Queen ADGE9118T costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Speed Queen ADGE9118T at 687 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
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 Speed Queen ADGE9118T compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.1% above it, ranking 621 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 Speed Queen ADGE9118T on that list: Speed Queen ADG6H118T ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Whirlpool WGD4720R ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Speed Queen's own models
Of the 4 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers Speed Queen makes, the ADGE9118T costs the most to run, $15/year more than Speed Queen's cheapest, the ADE6H178T.
Speed Queen ADGE9118T over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Speed Queen ADGE9118T costs roughly $1,550 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
At $129/year, this is on the expensive side for a clothes dryer; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $23/year, worth knowing before buying either the Speed Queen ADGE9118T or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Speed Queen ADGE9118T ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Ranked 621 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Speed Queen ADGE9118T 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.