What the Healthy Climate HCWHD#-130 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Healthy Climate HCWHD#-130 at 2,808 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $528 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#-130 compares to other dehumidifiers
The category average is 378 kWh/yr; this model runs 642.9% above it, ranking 546 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. 546 certified dehumidifiers, one average, about $457/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Healthy Climate HCWHD#-130 on that list: Healthy Climate HCWHD#-100 ($450/yr, 2,391 kWh/yr) runs slightly less.
Same brand, different models
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers Healthy Climate makes, the HCWHD#-130 costs the most to run, $336/year more than Healthy Climate's cheapest, the HCWHD#-080.
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
At $528/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 Healthy Climate HCWHD#-130 or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Healthy Climate HCWHD#-130 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
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The Healthy Climate HCWHD#-130 is among the most expensive dehumidifiers tracked here to run, see the full Dehumidifier category page for cheaper alternatives.