Whirlpool WFW560CH Running Cost (Washing Machine)
Running cost for the Whirlpool WFW560CH
The Whirlpool WFW560CH is certified by ENERGY STAR at 123 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among washing machines currently certified.
That $23 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.
Efficient, or not, for a washing machine
Against the category average of 123 kWh/yr, this model uses 0% less, ranking 261 of 398 washing machines tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 398 washing machines ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $0/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Whirlpool WFW560CH: Inglis IFW5900H ($23/yr, 123 kWh/yr), then Samsung WA50M74A ($24/yr, 125 kWh/yr).
Within the Whirlpool lineup
Ranked 6 of Whirlpool's 25 certified washing machines, this sits between the WFH5424S ($15/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WTW7120H ($49/yr, its priciest).
Whirlpool WFW560CH 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 Whirlpool WFW560CH that long and it costs about $231 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified washing machines go, $23/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified washing machines before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Whirlpool WFW560CH ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a washing machine, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 261 of 398, the Whirlpool WFW560CH 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.