KOSTCH KOS-24DWN06H-W Running Cost (Dishwasher)
Running cost for the KOSTCH KOS-24DWN06H-W
ENERGY STAR certifies the KOSTCH KOS-24DWN06H-W at 240 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
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 649 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-24DWN06H-W: KOSTCH KOS-24DWN06H-S ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr), then L2 LDT24B12A ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr).
Comparing KOSTCH's own models
Of the 20 ENERGY STAR certified dishwashers KOSTCH makes, the KOS-24DWN06H-W costs the most to run, about the same, within a dollar a year, more than KOSTCH's cheapest, the KOS-24DWH03M.
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 KOSTCH KOS-24DWN06H-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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the KOSTCH KOS-24DWN06H-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
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 240 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.