What the Comfort Aire BHD-22B costs to run
The Comfort Aire BHD-22B is certified by ENERGY STAR at 278 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
The $52 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 26.5% below the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 141 of 546 certified dehumidifiers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 546 currently-certified dehumidifiers feeds that average, putting this model about $19/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among dehumidifiers, one step cheaper is TABYIK D025F-25Pt3M-P ($52/yr, 277 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Coolworks TDUDP-22AEN8-BA7 ($52/yr, 278 kWh/yr).
Comparing Comfort Aire's own models
Comfort Aire sells 2 certified dehumidifiers; this one runs cheapest of them, $20/year under the BHD-35C, its priciest.
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.
Weighing a replacement
The Comfort Aire BHD-22B is already efficient for its category at $52/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new dehumidifier costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$52/year to run is the predictable cost of the Comfort Aire BHD-22B; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
The data behind this page
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 278 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.