Blomberg DWT 52600 Running Cost (Dishwasher)
Blomberg DWT 52600: running cost
The Blomberg DWT 52600 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 234 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among dishwashers currently certified.
That $44 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 dishwasher
The category average is 232 kWh/yr; this model runs 0.9% above it, ranking 201 of 737 dishwashers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 737 dishwashers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $0/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 Blomberg DWT 52600: Blomberg DWT 51600 ($44/yr, 234 kWh/yr), then BRAMA BRDW2400SS ($44/yr, 234 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 10 of Blomberg's 11 certified dishwashers, this sits between the DWS 51502 ($41/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the DWT 81900 WS ($45/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical dishwasher's service life at 9 years; run the Blomberg DWT 52600 that long and it costs about $396 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified dishwashers go, $44/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dishwashers before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Blomberg DWT 52600 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a dishwasher, 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 201 of 737, the Blomberg DWT 52600 sits in the middle of the dishwasher category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.