LG WM3400C Running Cost (Washing Machine)

Name: LG WM3400C
Brand: LG

What the LG WM3400C costs to run

Cheaper than most models in its category to run

$19/year, priced at the national-average rate

At 100 kWh/yr, the LG WM3400C's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified washing machine.

$0.05per day

$1.57per month

100kWh per year, certified

$188over a 10-yr lifespan

Price it at your own rate instead

The $19 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Where this ranks

That's 18.7% below the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 109 of 398 certified washing machines for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 398 currently-certified washing machines feeds that average, putting this model about $4/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.

The closest alternatives by cost

Sorted by running cost among washing machines, one step cheaper is LG WM3095C ($19/yr, 100 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is LG WM3450C ($19/yr, 100 kWh/yr).

Comparing LG's own models

LG makes 93 ENERGY STAR certified washing machines; this one ranks 19 of 93 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WM3420C at $15/yr, and its priciest, the WT7485C at $41/yr.

Cost over its typical lifespan

Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the LG WM3400C costs roughly $188 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.

Shopping for a new one

The LG WM3400C is already efficient for its category at $19/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new washing machine costs to run.

Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.

Protecting what you have

Whether or not the LG WM3400C ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a washing machine, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

The data behind this page

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 100 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.