Model
Lg DLHC4002*
Rank #44 means 43 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 97th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 97% of those models.
What does the Lg DLHC4002* cost to run per year?
The Lg DLHC4002* holds rank #44 of 615 on running cost, at about $48 a year, a genuinely cheap result for the class. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 97 means the low running cost is not just a function of size; almost nothing in the class beats it on efficiency once capacity is accounted for. The CEF figure of 9.3 on this model captures combined energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Ge GFD14ES*Z*** at $46/yr runs a little cheaper and the Lg DLHC3602* at $48/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 Lg DLHC4002*'s $48/yr adds up to roughly $624 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Lg DLHC3602*.
By the numbers
The Lg DLHC4002* 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 $48/yr, here is what the Lg DLHC4002* adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Lg DLHC4002* costs about $480. That is roughly $650 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Lg DLHC4002* compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $48/yr, it runs about $65 a year cheaper than the class median of $113, and it is about $25 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.8 cu ft, the Lg DLHC4002* 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, and larger clothes dryer models generally cost more to run than smaller ones in the same class, simply because there is more to keep cold, spin, heat, or light. The CEF of 9.3 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 Lg DLHC4002* cheap to run?
Yes. Its $48/yr running cost puts it at rank #44 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Lg DLHC4002* cost per month?
About $3.97 a month, which is the $48 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: 257 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $48 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Lg DLHC4002* for its size?
97th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | Ge GFD14ES*Z***4.3 cu ft | $46 |
| 41 | Ge GFD14JS*N***4.3 cu ft | $46 |
| 40 | Ge GFD14ES*N***4.3 cu ft | $46 |
| 39 | Miele PDR908 HP4.6 cu ft | $45 |
| 38 | Insignia NS-FDRE44W1-C4.5 cu ft | $44 |
Source
ES_1118034_DLHC4002*_11132024111859_80232377View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Lg and DLHC4002* 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.