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