Asko W3LW.U Running Cost (Washing Machine)
What the Asko W3LW.U costs to run
The Asko W3LW.U is certified by ENERGY STAR at 75 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among washing machines currently certified.
The $14 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Asko W3LW.U against the category
That's 39% below the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 28 of 398 certified washing machines for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every washing machine ENERGY STAR currently certifies (398 models), not an outside benchmark, about $9/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Asko W3W.U ($14/yr, 75 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Asko W3LW.U. Asko W2084.W.U ($14/yr, 75 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Asko's own models
Asko makes 3 ENERGY STAR certified washing machines; this one ranks 2 of 3 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the W2084.W.U at $14/yr, and its priciest, the W3W.U at $14/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical washing machine's service life at 10 years; run the Asko W3LW.U that long and it costs about $141 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Asko W3LW.U is already efficient for its category at $14/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new washing machine costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified washing machines before buying.
Protecting what you have
$14/year to run is the predictable cost of the Asko W3LW.U; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
The full Washing Machine category page shows all 398 washing machines ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 75 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.