Healthy Climate HCWHD#-080: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Healthy Climate HCWHD#-080 at 1,023 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $192 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 Healthy Climate HCWHD#-080 compares to other dehumidifiers
The category average is 378 kWh/yr; this model runs 170.6% above it, ranking 542 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. 546 certified dehumidifiers, one average, about $121/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Healthy Climate HCWHD#-080 on that list: CARRIER CORPORATION DEHXXCDA1080* ($192/yr, 1,023 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Santa Fe 4046180 ($223/yr, 1,188 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers Healthy Climate makes, the HCWHD#-080 is the cheapest to run, $336/year less than Healthy Climate's priciest, the HCWHD#-130.
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 Healthy Climate HCWHD#-080 runs above its category average. If the dehumidifier you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $192/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Healthy Climate HCWHD#-080 already costs $192/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
The Healthy Climate HCWHD#-080 is among the most expensive dehumidifiers tracked here to run, see the full Dehumidifier category page for cheaper alternatives. The 1,023 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.