Model
Aeg DC240-1
Rank #79 means 78 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 72nd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 72% of those models.
What does the Aeg DC240-1 cost to run per year?
The Aeg DC240-1 runs for about $59 a year, landing it near the bottom of the cost table at rank #79 of 615 clothes dryer models we track. Size-adjusted, this model beats 72% of clothes dryer models we track on efficiency, better than most of its class. The CEF figure of 2.68 on this model captures combined energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Element ECD4224EGG at $59/yr runs a little cheaper and the Lg WM6998H*A at $71/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A clothes dryer typically stays in service for somewhere around 13 years; over that span, the Aeg DC240-1's $59/yr adds up to roughly $767 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Aeg DC240.
By the numbers
The Aeg DC240-1 normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $59/yr, here is what the Aeg DC240-1 adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Aeg DC240-1 costs about $590. That is roughly $540 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Aeg DC240-1 compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $59/yr, it runs about $54 a year cheaper than the class median of $113, and it is about $36 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 4 cu ft, the Aeg DC240-1 is a small clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, less capacity to service is usually the first reason a running-cost figure lands on the low side, before efficiency even enters the picture. Beyond size, its CEF of 2.68, below the class median of 3.93, is the class's own efficiency yardstick, combined energy factor, and it is what separates two similarly sized models with different running costs.
- Heat source and Combined Energy Factor (CEF). Heat-pump dryers recycle heat instead of generating it fresh with a resistance coil, and typically use meaningfully less electricity per load than a conventional resistance dryer, at the cost of a longer cycle; CEF is the federal figure that captures this.
- Drum capacity. A larger drum can dry a bigger load per cycle, but it also usually needs more energy per cycle to heat the extra air volume.
Common questions
Is the Aeg DC240-1 cheap to run?
Yes. Its $59/yr running cost puts it at rank #79 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Aeg DC240-1 cost per month?
About $4.9 a month, which is the $59 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 317 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $59 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Aeg DC240-1 for its size?
72nd percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is a real factor in the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 92 | Element ECD4224EGG4 cu ft | $59 |
| 91 | Element ECD4224EGW4 cu ft | $59 |
| 90 | Whirlpool WFH5424S**4.3 cu ft | $59 |
| 89 | Whirlpool YWFH5424S**4.3 cu ft | $59 |
| 88 | Truarctic TAFD2438HW3.8 cu ft | $59 |
Source
ES_1149287_DC240-1_110520252212956_9895542View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Aeg and DC240-1 are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.