Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P Running Cost (Dehumidifier)

Name: Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P
Brand: Yoau; Shinco; UHOME

What the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P costs to run

One of the more expensive models in its category to run

$89/year at the national-average rate

At 475 kWh/yr, the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.

$0.24per day

$7.44per month

475kWh per year, certified

Price it at your own rate instead

The $89 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P against the category

That's 25.7% above the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 365 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 $18/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P/P ($89/yr, 475 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P. Yoau, Shinco, UHOME YDZ-50P/S6P ($89/yr, 475 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME lineup

Yoau; Shinco; UHOME makes 27 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 18 of 27 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the UDZ1-80P at $53/yr, and its priciest, the YDZ1-50P/6P at $89/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.

Weighing a replacement

Running above the category average, $89/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

$89/year to run is the predictable cost of the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.

Sourcing

Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 475 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 365 of 546, the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P 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.