Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-25P/S6 Running Cost (Dehumidifier)
Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-25P/S6: running cost
At 282 kWh/yr, the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-25P/S6's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
That $53 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.
Efficient, or not, for a dehumidifier
Against the category average of 378 kWh/yr, this model uses 25.4% less, ranking 164 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 546 dehumidifiers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $18/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-25P/S6: Yoau; Shinco; UHOME UDZ1-80P ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr), then Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDL-24P/6 ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr).
Within the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME lineup
Ranked 2 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.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified dehumidifiers go, $53/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-25P/S6 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a dehumidifier, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 164 of 546, the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-25P/S6 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.