Whirlpool YWHD5090G Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Whirlpool YWHD5090G
ENERGY STAR certifies the Whirlpool YWHD5090G at 229 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $43 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Whirlpool YWHD5090G against the category
That's 60% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 39 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 $64/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Insignia NS-FDRE44W1-C ($44/yr, 236 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Whirlpool YWHD5090G. Whirlpool YWHD3090G ($43/yr, 229 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Whirlpool's own models
Whirlpool makes 114 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 4 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 YWHD5090G that long and it costs about $517 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Whirlpool YWHD5090G is already efficient for its category at $43/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The Whirlpool YWHD5090G already costs $43/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 39 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool YWHD5090G 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 229 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.