Model
Electrolux ELFG7437***
Rank #524 means 523 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 31st efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 31% of those models.
What does the Electrolux ELFG7437*** cost to run per year?
The Electrolux ELFG7437*** holds rank #524 of 615 on running cost, at about $128 a year, a genuinely pricey result for the class. Efficiency-wise, once size is accounted for, it trails most of the class, ahead of only 31% of the models we track. The CEF figure of 3.48 on this model captures combined energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Electrolux ELFG7337*** at $128/yr runs a little cheaper and the Electrolux ELFG7537*** at $128/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 Electrolux ELFG7437***'s $128/yr adds up to roughly $1664 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Electrolux EFMG427****.
By the numbers
The Electrolux ELFG7437*** 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 $128/yr, here is what the Electrolux ELFG7437*** adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Electrolux ELFG7437*** costs about $1280. That is roughly $150 more than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Electrolux ELFG7437*** compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $128/yr, it runs about $15 a year above the class median of $113, and it is about $105 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 8 cu ft, the Electrolux ELFG7437*** is a large clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, size is usually the single biggest lever behind a running-cost figure, and at this end of the range there is more capacity to service, which tends to push the number up. The CEF of 3.48 on this model, below 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 Electrolux ELFG7437*** cheap to run?
Its $128/yr running cost, rank #524 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 Electrolux ELFG7437*** cost per month?
About $10.63 a month, which is the $128 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: 687 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $128 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Electrolux ELFG7437*** for its size?
31st 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 562 | Electrolux ELFG7337***8 cu ft | $128 |
| 561 | Electrolux ELFG7637***8 cu ft | $128 |
| 560 | Ge Profile PTD60GB*R***7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 559 | Samsung DVG60A99***7.5 cu ft | $128 |
| 558 | Samsung DVG45A64***7.5 cu ft | $128 |
Source
ES_1021080_EFLG7437***_062820211816458_5808260View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Electrolux and ELFG7437*** 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.