Running cost for the AERIC AERD501P
The AERIC AERD501P is certified by ENERGY STAR at 502 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
That $94 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 AERIC AERD501P compares to other dehumidifiers
The category average is 378 kWh/yr; this model runs 32.8% above it, ranking 380 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. 546 certified dehumidifiers, one average, about $23/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the AERIC AERD501P on that list: Multistar MDHP5079US* ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while AERIC AERD501PF ($94/yr, 502 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the AERIC lineup
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers AERIC makes, the AERD501P is the cheapest to run, about the same, within a dollar a year, less than AERIC's priciest, the AERD501PF.
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for dehumidifiers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Is it worth replacing?
Running above the category average, $94/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the AERIC AERD501P ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a dehumidifier, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
The full Dehumidifier category page shows all 546 dehumidifiers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 502 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.