What the Vissani VADA50A5HWT costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Vissani VADA50A5HWT at 512 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $96 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 35.4% above the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 411 of 546 certified dehumidifiers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 546 currently-certified dehumidifiers feeds that average, putting this model about $25/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among dehumidifiers, one step cheaper is Vissani VAD50S1BWTS ($96/yr, 512 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MAD50PE1QWT-B ($97/yr, 515 kWh/yr).
Comparing Vissani's own models
Vissani makes 13 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 10 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 VADA50A5HWT 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $96/year just to run, a dehumidifier is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 411 of 546, the Vissani VADA50A5HWT 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.