Vellgoo TAURUS PRO-RCS50(Y)-N4-3-25 Running Cost…
What the Vellgoo TAURUS PRO-RCS50(Y)-N4-3-25 costs to run
The Vellgoo TAURUS PRO-RCS50(Y)-N4-3-25 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 444 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
The $83 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Vellgoo TAURUS PRO-RCS50(Y)-N4-3-25 against the category
That's 17.5% above the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 359 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 $12/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Waykar CTH150D ($89/yr, 471 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Vellgoo TAURUS PRO-RCS50(Y)-N4-3-25. Aeocky LEO PRO-RCS50(Y)-N4-3(B)-25 ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Among Vellgoo's 5 certified dehumidifiers, this is the priciest to run, $30/year over the TAURUS-RCS25(Y)-N4-3-25, the brand's cheapest.
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
The Vellgoo TAURUS PRO-RCS50(Y)-N4-3-25 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 $83/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Vellgoo TAURUS PRO-RCS50(Y)-N4-3-25 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a dehumidifier, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 359 of 546, the Vellgoo TAURUS PRO-RCS50(Y)-N4-3-25 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.