Midea MAD50PS1BQGR Running Cost (Dehumidifier)
What the Midea MAD50PS1BQGR costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MAD50PS1BQGR at 515 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $97 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MAD50PS1BQGR against the category
That's 36.2% above the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 414 of 546 certified dehumidifiers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every dehumidifier ENERGY STAR currently certifies (546 models), not an outside benchmark, about $26/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MAD50PS1QWT-A ($97/yr, 515 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MAD50PS1BQGR. Midea MAD50PE1QWT-S ($97/yr, 515 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Midea makes 44 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 30 of 44 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MAD20S1QWT at $47/yr, and its priciest, the MDUDP-50AEN8-BB0 at $99/yr.
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
Running above the category average, $97/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Midea MAD50PS1BQGR already costs $97/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 414 of 546, the Midea MAD50PS1BQGR 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. The 515 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.