Model
Lg WKHC202H*A
Rank #60 means 59 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 94th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 94% of those models.
What does the Lg WKHC202H*A cost to run per year?
The Lg WKHC202H*A runs for about $55 a year, landing it near the bottom of the cost table at rank #60 of 615 clothes dryer models we track. Few clothes dryer models we track beat it on size-adjusted efficiency; it edges out 94% of the class once capacity is normalized. At a CEF of 8, its combined energy factor is the single figure that best explains how it earns its running-cost number.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Gorenje DNPAHPU at $53/yr runs a little cheaper and the Lg Signature WM9998H*A at $58/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 WKHC202H*A's $55/yr adds up to roughly $715 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Lg WKHC202H*A 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 $55/yr, here is what the Lg WKHC202H*A 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 WKHC202H*A costs about $550. That is roughly $580 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Lg WKHC202H*A compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $55/yr, it runs about $58 a year cheaper than the class median of $113, and it is about $32 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.2 cu ft, the Lg WKHC202H*A 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, at the small end of the class, capacity itself is doing a lot of the work to keep that figure down, separate from how efficient the unit actually is. The CEF of 8 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 WKHC202H*A cheap to run?
Yes. Its $55/yr running cost puts it at rank #60 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Lg WKHC202H*A cost per month?
About $4.62 a month, which is the $55 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: 299 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $55 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Lg WKHC202H*A for its size?
94th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 59 | Gorenje DNPAHPU4.2 cu ft | $53 |
| 58 | Summit SLDHP3444.2 cu ft | $53 |
| 57 | Summit LBDHP2444.2 cu ft | $53 |
| 56 | Breda BRDH9270024.2 cu ft | $53 |
| 55 | Breda LUDH927004.2 cu ft | $53 |
Source
ES_1118034_WKHC202H*A_03302022123303_80119590View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Lg and WKHC202H*A 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.