Fisher & Paykel DD24SAX9 Running Cost (Dishwasher)
Running cost for the Fisher & Paykel DD24SAX9
At 134 kWh/yr, the Fisher & Paykel DD24SAX9's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified dishwasher.
That $25 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
Against the category average of 232 kWh/yr, this model uses 42.2% less, ranking 4 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 $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 Fisher & Paykel DD24SAX9: Fisher & Paykel DD24STX6PX1 ($21/yr, 114 kWh/yr), then Fisher & Paykel DD24SCTX9 ($25/yr, 134 kWh/yr).
Within the Fisher & Paykel lineup
Ranked 3 of Fisher & Paykel's 15 certified dishwashers, this sits between the DD24STX6I1 ($21/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the DW24U2I3 ($42/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 Fisher & Paykel DD24SAX9 that long and it costs about $227 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified dishwashers go, $25/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $25/year just to run, a dishwasher is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
The Fisher & Paykel DD24SAX9 is among the cheapest 737 dishwashers tracked here to run, see the full Dishwasher category page for the rest of the range. How much of that ranking is rate rather than appliance is in the guide to why your state changes this number. The 134 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.