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waykar, KESNOS, YAUFEY, Fehom YDY-32A: running cost

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$26/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the waykar, KESNOS, YAUFEY, Fehom YDY-32A at 137 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.07per day
$2.15per month
137kWh per year, certified

That $26 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

Against the category average of 378 kWh/yr, this model uses 63.8% less, ranking 30 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 $45/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, KESNOS, YAUFEY, Fehom YDY-32A: waykar, KESNOS, YAUFEY, Fehom YDA-32B ($26/yr, 137 kWh/yr), then waykar, KESNOS, YAUFEY, Fehom YDY-32B ($26/yr, 137 kWh/yr).

Same brand, different models

Ranked 3 of waykar, KESNOS, YAUFEY, Fehom's 10 certified dehumidifiers, this sits between the YDA-32A ($26/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the YDZ-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, $26/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.

Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.

If you're keeping it

$26/year to run is the predictable cost of the waykar, KESNOS, YAUFEY, Fehom YDY-32A; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.

Where this number comes from

Ranked 30 of 546, the waykar, KESNOS, YAUFEY, Fehom YDY-32A 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 137 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.