Running cost for the Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDA-150PM
At 522 kWh/yr, the Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDA-150PM's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
The $98 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 38.1% above the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 457 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 $27/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 Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDA-150 ($98/yr, 522 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDG-150 ($98/yr, 522 kWh/yr).
Comparing Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom's own models
Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom makes 16 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 12 of 16 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the YDA-80 at $53/yr, and its priciest, the YDW-150PM at $98/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; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDA-150PM 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 $98/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $98/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. 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.