Whirlpool YWED5605M**: running cost
The Whirlpool YWED5605M** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 608 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
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 YWED5605M** compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 6.3% above it, ranking 423 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 YWED5605M** on that list: Whirlpool YWED5220R** ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Whirlpool YWED560LH** ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Whirlpool lineup
Ranked 66 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 YWED5605M** that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
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
At $114/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
How this was checked
Ranked 423 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool YWED5605M** 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 608 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.