What the Whirlpool WHD862CH** costs to run
At 460 kWh/yr, the Whirlpool WHD862CH**'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
That $86 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 Whirlpool WHD862CH** compares to other clothes dryers
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 19.6% less, ranking 108 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $21/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Whirlpool WHD862CH** on that list: Whirlpool WHD560CH** ($86/yr, 460 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Whirlpool YWHD560CH** ($86/yr, 460 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 10 of Whirlpool's 114 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the WHD3090G** ($43/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WGF5727T** ($129/yr, its priciest).
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 WHD862CH** that long and it costs about $1,038 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $86/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Whirlpool WHD862CH** 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 108 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool WHD862CH** 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 460 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.