Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDG-150PM: running cost
At 522 kWh/yr, the Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDG-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.
Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDG-150PM against the category
That's 38.1% above the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 459 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 $27/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDW-150 ($98/yr, 522 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDG-150PM. Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDG-150 ($98/yr, 522 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom's own models
Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom makes 16 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 14 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.
Is it worth replacing?
The Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDG-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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$98/year to run is the predictable cost of the Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDG-150PM; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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 522 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.