What the Midea MDUDA-22AEN8-BA7 costs to run
The Midea MDUDA-22AEN8-BA7 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 276 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
The $52 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MDUDA-22AEN8-BA7 against the category
That's 27% below the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 133 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 $19/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MDUDA-22AEN8-BA7N ($52/yr, 276 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MDUDA-22AEN8-BA7. Midea MDA22C4BWWCM ($52/yr, 276 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 44 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 8 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.
Is it worth replacing?
The Midea MDUDA-22AEN8-BA7 is already efficient for its category at $52/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 Midea MDUDA-22AEN8-BA7 already costs $52/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 133 of 546, the Midea MDUDA-22AEN8-BA7 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 276 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.