Midea MLHW61T7BCG Running Cost (Washing Machine)
Midea MLHW61T7BCG: running cost
At 117 kWh/yr, the Midea MLHW61T7BCG's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified washing machine.
That $22 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.
How the Midea MLHW61T7BCG compares to other washing machines
Against the category average of 123 kWh/yr, this model uses 4.9% less, ranking 225 of 398 washing machines tracked here for running cost. 398 certified washing machines, one average, about $1/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MLHW61T7BCG on that list: Midea MLHW61T4BCG ($22/yr, 117 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while LG WM1385H ($23/yr, 120 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 24 of Midea's 38 certified washing machines, this sits between the MLH25N7BWW ($12/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MLTW62M7ACG ($40/yr, its priciest).
Midea MLHW61T7BCG 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 Midea MLHW61T7BCG that long and it costs about $220 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified washing machines go, $22/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
$22/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MLHW61T7BCG; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
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 117 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.