Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDZ-25P/S6 Running Cost (Dehumidifier)
Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDZ-25P/S6: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDZ-25P/S6 at 282 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $53 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDZ-25P/S6 against the category
That's 25.4% below the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 171 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 YDZ1-25P/6 ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDZ-25P/S6. Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDN1-25P/S6 ($53/yr, 282 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Yoau; Shinco; UHOME makes 27 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 9 of 27 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the UDZ1-80P at $53/yr, and its priciest, the YDZ1-50P/6P 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.
Shopping for a new one
The Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDZ-25P/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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$53/year to run is the predictable cost of the Yoau; Shinco; UHOME YDZ-25P/S6; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
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. The 282 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.