What the MOISWELL Defender M70 costs to run
The MOISWELL Defender M70 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 530 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
That $100 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.
How the MOISWELL Defender M70 compares to other dehumidifiers
The category average is 378 kWh/yr; this model runs 40.2% above it, ranking 518 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. 546 certified dehumidifiers, one average, about $29/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the MOISWELL Defender M70 on that list: MOISWELL Defender M145 ($100/yr, 530 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while MOISWELL Defender MP145 ($100/yr, 530 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the MOISWELL lineup
Ranked 16 of MOISWELL's 24 certified dehumidifiers, this sits between the Defender M7R ($54/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the Marshal WP160 ($118/yr, its priciest).
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
At $100/year, this is on the expensive side for a dehumidifier; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $20/year, worth knowing before buying either the MOISWELL Defender M70 or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers before buying.
If you're keeping it
The MOISWELL Defender M70 already costs $100/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 518 of 546, the MOISWELL Defender M70 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.