MOISWELL Admiral W160: running cost
At 628 kWh/yr, the MOISWELL Admiral W160's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
The $118 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
MOISWELL Admiral W160 against the category
That's 66.1% above the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 528 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 $47/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
MOISWELL Admiral WP160 ($118/yr, 628 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the MOISWELL Admiral W160. Santa Fe 4047200 ($106/yr, 565 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
MOISWELL makes 24 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 19 of 24 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the Defender M7R at $54/yr, and its priciest, the Marshal WP160 at $118/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
The MOISWELL Admiral W160 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 $118/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers before buying.
Protecting what you have
A dehumidifier like the MOISWELL Admiral W160 is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 528 of 546, the MOISWELL Admiral W160 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.