Whirlpool WFW5220R Running Cost (Washing Machine)
What the Whirlpool WFW5220R costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Whirlpool WFW5220R at 140 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $26 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Whirlpool WFW5220R against the category
That's 13.8% above the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 300 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 above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Whirlpool WFW5720R ($26/yr, 140 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Whirlpool WFW5220R. Whirlpool WFW4720R ($26/yr, 140 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Whirlpool makes 25 ENERGY STAR certified washing machines; this one ranks 13 of 25 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WFH5424S at $15/yr, and its priciest, the WTW7120H at $49/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $26/year, the Whirlpool WFW5220R adds up to about $263 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The Whirlpool WFW5220R runs above its category average. If the washing machine you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $26/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Whirlpool WFW5220R already costs $26/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 300 of 398, the Whirlpool WFW5220R 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 140 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.