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Forno FDWBI8010-24***: running cost

About average for its category to run
$45/year, priced at the national-average rate

At 240 kWh/yr, the Forno FDWBI8010-24***'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified dishwasher.

$0.12per day
$3.76per month
240kWh per year, certified
$406over a 9-yr lifespan

The $45 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Forno FDWBI8010-24*** against the category

That's 3.4% above the dishwasher category average of 232 kWh/yr, and ranks 485 of 737 certified dishwashers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every dishwasher ENERGY STAR currently certifies (737 models), not an outside benchmark, about $2/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Forno FDWBI8011-24 ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Forno FDWBI8010-24***. EMPAVA EMPV-24BDW57 ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

Forno sells 12 certified dishwashers; this one runs cheapest of them, about the same, within a dollar a year, under the FDWBI8072-24WHT, its priciest.

What this adds up to over time

Over the 9-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Forno FDWBI8010-24*** costs roughly $406 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.

Weighing a replacement

The Forno FDWBI8010-24*** is already efficient for its category at $45/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new dishwasher costs to run.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dishwashers before buying.

Protecting what you have

Whether or not the Forno FDWBI8010-24*** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a dishwasher, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

Sourcing

Ranked 485 of 737, the Forno FDWBI8010-24*** 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. The 240 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.