Running cost for the Yoau, Shinco, UHOME YDA-24P/S6
The Yoau, Shinco, UHOME YDA-24P/S6 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.
Yoau, Shinco, UHOME YDA-24P/S6 against the category
That's 25.4% below the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 160 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 YDZ-24P/S6 ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Yoau, Shinco, UHOME YDA-24P/S6. Yoau, Shinco, UHOME SDZ1-80P ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Yoau, Shinco, UHOME makes 6 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 2 of 6 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the SDZ1-80P at $53/yr, and its priciest, the YDZ-50P/S6P 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
The Yoau, Shinco, UHOME YDA-24P/S6 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
Whether or not the Yoau, Shinco, UHOME YDA-24P/S6 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a dehumidifier, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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.