Whirlpool WGD5620H Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Whirlpool WGD5620H: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Whirlpool WGD5620H at 687 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Whirlpool WGD5620H against the category
That's 20.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 627 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
Whirlpool WGD5720R ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Whirlpool WGD5620H. Whirlpool WGD560LH ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Whirlpool's own models
Whirlpool makes 114 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 102 of 114 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WHD3090G at $43/yr, and its priciest, the WGF5727T at $129/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Whirlpool WGD5620H that long and it costs about $1,550 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
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
At $129/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Ranked 627 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool WGD5620H 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. The 687 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.