Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN-25P/6 Running Cost (Dehumidifier)
What the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN-25P/6 costs to run
At 282 kWh/yr, the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN-25P/6'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 168 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 YDN-25P/6: Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN-24P/6 ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr), then Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN1-24P/S6 ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 6 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.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified dehumidifiers go, $53/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN-25P/6 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.
Where this number comes from
At rank 168 of 546 for running cost, see the dehumidifier category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 282 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.