What the Vissani VAD50PS1BWTS costs to run
At 512 kWh/yr, the Vissani VAD50PS1BWTS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
The $96 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Vissani VAD50PS1BWTS against the category
That's 35.4% above the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 408 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 $25/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Vissani VAD50S1AWTS ($96/yr, 512 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Vissani VAD50PS1BWTS. OMNI MAX ODA50M3WGAHW ($96/yr, 512 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Vissani makes 13 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 7 of 13 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the VADA22A4HWT at $52/yr, and its priciest, the VDHTL50P 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.
Weighing a replacement
The Vissani VAD50PS1BWTS 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 $96/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers before buying.
Protecting what you have
A dehumidifier like the Vissani VAD50PS1BWTS 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
Ranked 408 of 546, the Vissani VAD50PS1BWTS 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 512 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.