LG WM1385H Running Cost (Washing Machine)
What the LG WM1385H costs to run
The LG WM1385H is certified by ENERGY STAR at 120 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among washing machines currently certified.
That $23 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 washing machine
Against the category average of 123 kWh/yr, this model uses 2.4% less, ranking 226 of 398 washing machines tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 398 washing machines ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $1/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 LG WM1385H: Midea MLHW61T7BCG ($22/yr, 117 kWh/yr), then LG WM1388H ($23/yr, 120 kWh/yr).
Comparing LG's own models
Ranked 54 of LG's 93 certified washing machines, this sits between the WM3420C ($15/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WT7485C ($41/yr, its priciest).
LG WM1385H over 10 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical washing machine's service life at 10 years; run the LG WM1385H that long and it costs about $226 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified washing machines go, $23/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 LG WM1385H ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a washing machine, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
At rank 226 of 398 for running cost, see the washing machine category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 120 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.