Whirlpool WFH5424S**: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Whirlpool WFH5424S** at 317 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $60 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Whirlpool WFH5424S** against the category
That's 44.6% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 95 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 $48/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Whirlpool YWFH5424S** ($60/yr, 317 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Whirlpool WFH5424S**. Whirlpool WCD5090J** ($60/yr, 317 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Whirlpool makes 114 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 7 of 114 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WHD3090G** at $43/yr, and its priciest, the WGF5727T** at $129/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Whirlpool WFH5424S** that long and it costs about $715 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Whirlpool WFH5424S** is already efficient for its category at $60/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Whirlpool WFH5424S** already costs $60/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 95 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool WFH5424S** 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.