Waykar CTH150PD Running Cost (Dehumidifier)
Waykar CTH150PD: running cost
At 471 kWh/yr, the Waykar CTH150PD's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
That $89 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.
Efficient, or not, for a dehumidifier
The category average is 378 kWh/yr; this model runs 24.6% above it, ranking 361 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 546 dehumidifiers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $17/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Waykar CTH150PD: Waykar CTH150D ($89/yr, 471 kWh/yr), then MegaLight PD-HPC750-WT ($89/yr, 472 kWh/yr).
Within the Waykar lineup
Ranked 27 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.
Weighing a replacement
The Waykar CTH150PD 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 $89/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$89/year to run is the predictable cost of the Waykar CTH150PD; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 471 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 361 of 546, the Waykar CTH150PD 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.