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What the Frigidaire FDHP4336**** costs to run

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

ENERGY STAR certifies the Frigidaire FDHP4336**** at 240 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.

$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.

Frigidaire FDHP4336**** against the category

That's 3.4% above the dishwasher category average of 232 kWh/yr, and ranks 497 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

Frigidaire FDPC4314**** ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire FDHP4336****. Forno FDWBI8072-24WHT ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

Frigidaire makes 17 ENERGY STAR certified dishwashers; this one ranks 2 of 17 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FDSH4502**** at $43/yr, and its priciest, the FFCD2413**** at $45/yr.

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 Frigidaire FDHP4336**** that long and it costs about $406 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Weighing a replacement

The Frigidaire FDHP4336**** 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.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

At $45/year just to run, a dishwasher is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

Sourcing

At rank 497 of 737 for running cost, see the dishwasher category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 240 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.