Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-50P/S6P Running Cost (Dehumidifier)
Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-50P/S6P: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-50P/S6P at 475 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
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.
Efficient, or not, for a dehumidifier
The category average is 378 kWh/yr; this model runs 25.7% above it, ranking 370 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-50P/S6P: Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-50P/S6 ($89/yr, 475 kWh/yr), then Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN-50P/6 ($89/yr, 475 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 23 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
The Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-50P/S6P already costs $89/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 475 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 370 of 546, the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-50P/S6P 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.