Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDW-80: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDW-80 at 282 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $53 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.
How the Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDW-80 compares to other dehumidifiers
Against the category average of 378 kWh/yr, this model uses 25.4% less, ranking 156 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. 546 certified dehumidifiers, one average, about $18/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDW-80 on that list: Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDG-80 ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDY-80 ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 3 of Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom's 16 certified dehumidifiers, this sits between the YDA-80 ($53/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the YDW-150PM ($98/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.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified dehumidifiers go, $53/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDW-80 already costs $53/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
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.