What the LEVOIT LDH-H251S-WUS costs to run
The LEVOIT LDH-H251S-WUS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 281 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
The $53 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 25.7% below the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 153 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 $18/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 Senville SENDH-22AEN1X ($52/yr, 278 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDA-80 ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr).
Within the LEVOIT lineup
The LEVOIT LDH-H251S-WUS is the only dehumidifier from LEVOIT that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full dehumidifier category.
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 LEVOIT LDH-H251S-WUS is already efficient for its category at $53/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
The LEVOIT LDH-H251S-WUS already costs $53/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 153 of 546, the LEVOIT LDH-H251S-WUS sits in the middle of the dehumidifier category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.