Waykar PD160B-G Running Cost (Dehumidifier)
What the Waykar PD160B-G costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Waykar PD160B-G at 122 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $23 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 67.7% less, ranking 25 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 $48/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 PD160B-G: Waykar PD160B-B ($23/yr, 122 kWh/yr), then Deye DYD-A10 ($25/yr, 132 kWh/yr).
Comparing Waykar's own models
Ranked 6 of Waykar's 39 certified dehumidifiers, this sits between the CTH30A ($22/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the CTH150PB ($97/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.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified dehumidifiers go, $23/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
At $23/year just to run, a dehumidifier is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
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.