SAHAUHY WTE80A-025T: running cost
At 299 kWh/yr, the SAHAUHY WTE80A-025T's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
That $56 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 20.9% less, ranking 248 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 $15/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 SAHAUHY WTE80A-025T: KESNOS JD025N-80 ($56/yr, 299 kWh/yr), then Waykar JD025CE-80 ($56/yr, 299 kWh/yr).
Within the SAHAUHY lineup
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers SAHAUHY makes, the WTE80A-025T is the cheapest to run, $14/year less than SAHAUHY's priciest, the WTE120P-035P.
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, $56/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$56/year to run is the predictable cost of the SAHAUHY WTE80A-025T; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 299 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. The full Dehumidifier category page shows all 546 dehumidifiers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.