Samsung WF45T60A Running Cost (Washing Machine)
Samsung WF45T60A: running cost
At 90 kWh/yr, the Samsung WF45T60A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified washing machine.
The $17 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 26.8% below the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 64 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 $6/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 WM3275C ($17/yr, 90 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Samsung WW22K680A ($17/yr, 90 kWh/yr).
Comparing Samsung's own models
Samsung sells 66 certified washing machines; this one runs cheapest of them, $14/year under the WA54R76A, its priciest.
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 Samsung WF45T60A that long and it costs about $169 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung WF45T60A is already efficient for its category at $17/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
The Samsung WF45T60A already costs $17/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
Ranked 64 of 398, the Samsung WF45T60A 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 90 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.