Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN-50P/6 Running Cost (Dehumidifier)
Running cost for the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN-50P/6
The Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN-50P/6 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 475 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
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 371 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-50P/6: Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDA-50P/S6P ($89/yr, 475 kWh/yr), then Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN-50P/6P ($89/yr, 475 kWh/yr).
Comparing Yoau; Shinco; UHOME's own models
Ranked 24 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?
At $89/year, this is on the expensive side for a dehumidifier; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $20/year, worth knowing before buying either the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN-50P/6 or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$89/year to run is the predictable cost of the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN-50P/6; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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. 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.