Whirlpool YWED4720R Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Whirlpool YWED4720R costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Whirlpool YWED4720R at 608 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $114 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 YWED4720R compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 6.3% above it, ranking 420 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $7/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Whirlpool YWED4720R on that list: Whirlpool WEF5727T ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Whirlpool YWED5220LR ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Whirlpool lineup
Ranked 63 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).
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 YWED4720R that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $114/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
$114/year to run is the predictable cost of the Whirlpool YWED4720R; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 420 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool YWED4720R 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.