Yoau, Shinco, UHOME SDZ1-80P Running Cost (Dehumidifier)
Yoau, Shinco, UHOME SDZ1-80P: running cost
At 282 kWh/yr, the Yoau, Shinco, UHOME SDZ1-80P's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
The $53 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Yoau, Shinco, UHOME SDZ1-80P against the category
That's 25.4% below the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 159 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 below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Yoau, Shinco, UHOME YDA-24P/S6 ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Yoau, Shinco, UHOME SDZ1-80P. Waykar; KESNOS; YAUFEY; Fehom YDZ-80 ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Yoau, Shinco, UHOME lineup
Yoau, Shinco, UHOME sells 6 certified dehumidifiers; this one runs cheapest of them, $36/year under the YDZ-50P/S6P, 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?
The Yoau, Shinco, UHOME SDZ1-80P is already efficient for its category at $53/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new dehumidifier costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $53/year just to run, a dehumidifier is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
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.