Model
Direct Supply 0-36CJ6
Rank #392 means 391 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 1st efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 1% of those models.
What does the Direct Supply 0-36CJ6 cost to run per year?
At about $113 a year, the Direct Supply 0-36CJ6 costs more to run than most clothes dryer models we track, rank #392 of 615. Efficiency-wise, once size is accounted for, almost the entire class outperforms it, at just the 1th percentile. The CEF figure of 3.93 on this model captures combined energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Crosley CFDMHE8105AW at $113/yr runs a little cheaper and the Direct Supply 0-36CJ8 at $113/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 Direct Supply 0-36CJ6's $113/yr adds up to roughly $1469 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Aeg DHP240.
By the numbers
The Direct Supply 0-36CJ6 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 $113/yr, here is what the Direct Supply 0-36CJ6 adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Direct Supply 0-36CJ6 costs about $1130. That is roughly $0 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Direct Supply 0-36CJ6 compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $113/yr, it sits right on the class median of $113, and it is about $90 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 4.5 cu ft, the Direct Supply 0-36CJ6 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, and smaller clothes dryer models generally cost less to run for the same job, all else being equal. The CEF of 3.93 on this model, above the class median of 3.93, measures combined energy factor; it is the number to compare directly against another model's CEF if capacity is similar.
- 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 Direct Supply 0-36CJ6 cheap to run?
Its $113/yr running cost, rank #392 of 615, is above what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Direct Supply 0-36CJ6 cost per month?
About $9.4 a month, which is the $113 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: 608 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $113 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Direct Supply 0-36CJ6 for its size?
1st percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is not the main reason for the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 374 | Crosley CFDMHE8105AW8 cu ft | $113 |
| 373 | Crosley CFDMHE8105AX8 cu ft | $113 |
| 372 | Ge GFD65ES*V***7.8 cu ft | $113 |
| 371 | Electrolux ELTE760C***8 cu ft | $113 |
| 370 | Electrolux ELTE7600***8 cu ft | $113 |
Source
ES_1149364_0-36CJ6_091420230847992_1840268View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Direct Supply and 0-36CJ6 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.