Running cost for the Ludatido PD10C2-25
The Ludatido PD10C2-25 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 264 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
That $50 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
Against the category average of 378 kWh/yr, this model uses 30.2% less, ranking 110 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 $21/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 Ludatido PD10C2-25: Waykar CHWA80E ($49/yr, 260 kWh/yr), then ANDTE PD80K ($50/yr, 265 kWh/yr).
Comparing Ludatido's own models
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers Ludatido makes, the PD10C2-25 costs the most to run, $12/year more than Ludatido's cheapest, the FDD20-527BZV1R5-E.
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.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified dehumidifiers go, $50/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Ludatido PD10C2-25 already costs $50/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
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 110 of 546, the Ludatido PD10C2-25 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.