Running cost for the Hisense DHMA5026
The Hisense DHMA5026 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 526 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
That $99 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.
Efficient, or not, for a dehumidifier
The category average is 378 kWh/yr; this model runs 39.2% above it, ranking 490 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 546 dehumidifiers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $28/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Hisense DHMA5026: Hisense DH5026KP1G ($99/yr, 526 kWh/yr), then Hisense DHPA5026 ($99/yr, 526 kWh/yr).
Comparing Hisense's own models
Ranked 21 of Hisense's 27 certified dehumidifiers, this sits between the ADH25K26 ($59/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the TLDH5026PW ($99/yr, 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.
Is it worth replacing?
The Hisense DHMA5026 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 $99/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Hisense DHMA5026 already costs $99/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
At rank 490 of 546 for running cost, see the dehumidifier category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 526 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.