Model
Frigidaire FDEX22E4EW
Rank #374 means 373 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 80th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 80% of those models.
What does the Frigidaire FDEX22E4EW cost to run per year?
Among the 615 clothes dryer models we track, the Frigidaire FDEX22E4EW's $113/yr running cost ranks it #374, in the above-average-cost group. Few clothes dryer models we track beat it on size-adjusted efficiency; it edges out 80% of the class once capacity is normalized. Its CEF of 3.93 reflects combined energy factor, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Samsung DVE45B6305* at $113/yr runs a little cheaper and the Samsung DVE50BG83*** 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 Frigidaire FDEX22E4EW's $113/yr adds up to roughly $1469 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Crosley CFDMHE8105AW.
By the numbers
The Frigidaire FDEX22E4EW 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 Frigidaire FDEX22E4EW adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Frigidaire FDEX22E4EW 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 Frigidaire FDEX22E4EW 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 8 cu ft, the Frigidaire FDEX22E4EW 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, among clothes dryer models, bigger capacity is the most common reason a running-cost figure lands on the high side, 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 Frigidaire FDEX22E4EW cheap to run?
Its $113/yr running cost, rank #374 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 Frigidaire FDEX22E4EW 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 Frigidaire FDEX22E4EW for its size?
80th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 348 | Samsung DVE45B6305*7.5 cu ft | $113 |
| 347 | Ge Profile PTD90EB*T***7.3 cu ft | $113 |
| 346 | Ge Profile PFD95ES*T***7.8 cu ft | $113 |
| 345 | Ge GTD65EBMR***7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 344 | Samsung DVE52B76***7.4 cu ft | $113 |
Source
ES_1021080_ELFE7337***_030820222037470_3587891View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Frigidaire and FDEX22E4EW 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.