Waykar CHWA120A Running Cost (Dehumidifier)
Running cost for the Waykar CHWA120A
At 369 kWh/yr, the Waykar CHWA120A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
That $69 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 Waykar CHWA120A compares to other dehumidifiers
Against the category average of 378 kWh/yr, this model uses 2.4% less, ranking 304 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. 546 certified dehumidifiers, one average, about $2/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Waykar CHWA120A on that list: GARVEE G-AD35PT ($69/yr, 369 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while LG DT351BWR0 ($70/yr, 372 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Waykar lineup
Ranked 24 of Waykar's 39 certified dehumidifiers, this sits between the CTH30A ($22/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the CTH150PB ($97/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
Efficient as certified dehumidifiers go, $69/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$69/year to run is the predictable cost of the Waykar CHWA120A; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
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. The 369 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.