What the AVAHUM AM160 costs to run
At 530 kWh/yr, the AVAHUM AM160's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
The $100 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
AVAHUM AM160 against the category
That's 40.2% above the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 511 of 546 certified dehumidifiers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every dehumidifier ENERGY STAR currently certifies (546 models), not an outside benchmark, about $29/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
AVAHUM AM160P ($100/yr, 530 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the AVAHUM AM160. Airzentti ACD155P-PG100(B) ($100/yr, 530 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the AVAHUM lineup
AVAHUM makes 3 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 2 of 3 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the AM150P at $96/yr, and its priciest, the AM160P at $100/yr.
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.
Shopping for a new one
At $100/year, this is on the expensive side for a dehumidifier; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $20/year, worth knowing before buying either the AVAHUM AM160 or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the AVAHUM AM160 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a dehumidifier, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
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 530 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.