LG WM4500HA Running Cost (Washing Machine)
LG WM4500HA: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the LG WM4500HA at 105 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $20 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG WM4500HA against the category
That's 14.6% below the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 150 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 $3/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
LG WM5000HA ($20/yr, 105 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG WM4500HA. LG WM4200HA ($20/yr, 105 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing LG's own models
LG makes 93 ENERGY STAR certified washing machines; this one ranks 41 of 93 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WM3420C at $15/yr, and its priciest, the WT7485C at $41/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the LG WM4500HA costs roughly $197 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The LG WM4500HA is already efficient for its category at $20/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new washing machine costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the LG WM4500HA ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a washing machine, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Ranked 150 of 398, the LG WM4500HA sits in the middle of the washing machine category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 105 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.