Waykar CTH120D Running Cost (Dehumidifier)

Name: Waykar CTH120D
Brand: Waykar

What the Waykar CTH120D costs to run

Cheaper than most models in its category to run

$64/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the Waykar CTH120D at 343 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.

$0.18per day

$5.37per month

343kWh per year, certified

Swap in your own state’s rate

The $64 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Where this ranks

That's 9.3% below the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 286 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 $7/year under 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 Waykar CTH120B ($64/yr, 343 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Whirlpool WHAD321AW ($64/yr, 343 kWh/yr).

Comparing Waykar's own models

Waykar makes 39 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 21 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.

Shopping for a new one

The Waykar CTH120D is already efficient for its category at $64/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new dehumidifier costs to run.

Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.

Protecting what you have

The Waykar CTH120D already costs $64/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.

The data behind this page

Ranked 286 of 546, the Waykar CTH120D 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 343 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.