Whirlpool YWHD560CH Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Whirlpool YWHD560CH costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Whirlpool YWHD560CH at 460 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
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.
Efficient, or not, for a clothes dryer
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 19.6% less, ranking 109 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 639 clothes dryers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $21/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Whirlpool YWHD560CH: Whirlpool WHD862CH ($86/yr, 460 kWh/yr), then Whirlpool WED7990FW ($100/yr, 531 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 11 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
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Whirlpool YWHD560CH costs roughly $1,038 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
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
At $86/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 109 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool YWHD560CH 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.