Summit SLWW2403 Running Cost (Washing Machine)
Summit SLWW2403: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Summit SLWW2403 at 110 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $21 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Summit SLWW2403 against the category
That's 10.6% below the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 202 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 $2/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Vesta VWSHongkong27WH ($21/yr, 110 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Summit SLWW2403. Summit LWES247 ($21/yr, 110 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Among Summit's 9 certified washing machines, this is the priciest to run, $2/year over the LBW241, the brand's cheapest.
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 Summit SLWW2403 that long and it costs about $207 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Summit SLWW2403 is already efficient for its category at $21/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new washing machine costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified washing machines before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Summit SLWW2403 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a washing machine, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
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 110 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.