Yoau; Shinco; UHOME UDZ1-80P Running Cost (Dehumidifier)
Yoau; Shinco; UHOME UDZ1-80P: running cost
The Yoau; Shinco; UHOME UDZ1-80P is certified by ENERGY STAR at 282 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
The $53 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 25.4% below the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 163 of 546 certified dehumidifiers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 546 currently-certified dehumidifiers feeds that average, putting this model about $18/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among dehumidifiers, one step cheaper is Yoau, Shinco, UHOME YDZ1-24P/6 ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-25P/S6 ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Yoau; Shinco; UHOME sells 27 certified dehumidifiers; this one runs cheapest of them, $36/year under the YDZ1-50P/6P, 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
The Yoau; Shinco; UHOME UDZ1-80P 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Yoau; Shinco; UHOME UDZ1-80P already costs $53/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
Ranked 163 of 546, the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME UDZ1-80P 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 282 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.