Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P/P: running cost
At 475 kWh/yr, the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P/P's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
That $89 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 Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P/P compares to other dehumidifiers
The category average is 378 kWh/yr; this model runs 25.7% above it, ranking 366 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 Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P/P on that list: Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P ($89/yr, 475 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Yoau; Shinco; UHOME UDZ1-150P ($89/yr, 475 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 19 of Yoau; Shinco; UHOME's 27 certified dehumidifiers, this sits between the UDZ1-80P ($53/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the YDZ1-50P/6P ($89/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?
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.
If you're keeping it
At $89/year just to run, a dehumidifier is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
How this was checked
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 475 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 366 of 546, the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME SDZ1-150P/P 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.