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What the Waykar CHWA150E costs to run

One of the more expensive models in its category to run
$94/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the Waykar CHWA150E at 499 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.

$0.26per day
$7.82per month
499kWh per year, certified

The $94 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Waykar CHWA150E against the category

That's 32% above the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 376 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 $23/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Waykar CHWA150PB ($94/yr, 499 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Waykar CHWA150E. Waykar CHWA150B ($94/yr, 499 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the Waykar lineup

Waykar makes 39 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 29 of 39 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the CTH30A at $22/yr, and its priciest, the CTH150PB at $97/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.

Is it worth replacing?

At $94/year, this is on the expensive side for a dehumidifier; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $20/year, worth knowing before buying either the Waykar CHWA150E or its replacement.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers before buying.

Protecting what you have

The Waykar CHWA150E already costs $94/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.

Sourcing

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 499 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.