KOSTCH KOS-24DWH03M-W Running Cost (Dishwasher)
KOSTCH KOS-24DWH03M-W: running cost
The KOSTCH KOS-24DWH03M-W is certified by ENERGY STAR at 240 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among dishwashers currently certified.
That $45 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 3.4% above it, ranking 634 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 $2/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 KOSTCH KOS-24DWH03M-W: KOSTCH KOS-24DWH03M-S ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr), then KOSTCH KOS-24DWH06H ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 5 of KOSTCH's 20 certified dishwashers, this sits between the KOS-24DWH03M ($45/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the KOS-24DWN06H-W ($45/yr, its priciest).
KOSTCH KOS-24DWH03M-W over 9 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical dishwasher's service life at 9 years; run the KOSTCH KOS-24DWH03M-W that long and it costs about $406 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified dishwashers go, $45/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
Whether or not the KOSTCH KOS-24DWH03M-W 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. The full Dishwasher category page shows all 737 dishwashers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.