Model
Maytag YMEDB835D*+
Rank #255 means 254 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 87th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 87% of those models.
What does the Maytag YMEDB835D*+ cost to run per year?
The Maytag YMEDB835D*+ costs about $113 a year to run, a fairly typical figure for the class; it ranks #255 of 615. Few clothes dryer models we track beat it on size-adjusted efficiency; it edges out 87% of the class once capacity is normalized. At a CEF of 3.93, 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 Maytag MEDB855D*+ at $113/yr runs a little cheaper and the Maytag YMEDB855D*+ 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 Maytag YMEDB835D*+'s $113/yr adds up to roughly $1469 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Kenmore C6813*41*.
By the numbers
The Maytag YMEDB835D*+ 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 Maytag YMEDB835D*+ adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Maytag YMEDB835D*+ 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 Maytag YMEDB835D*+ 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 8.8 cu ft, the Maytag YMEDB835D*+ 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 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 Maytag YMEDB835D*+ cheap to run?
Roughly, yes. Its $113/yr figure is close to the class median, ranking #255 of 615, neither a bargain nor a splurge on running cost.
How much does the Maytag YMEDB835D*+ 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 Maytag YMEDB835D*+ for its size?
87th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 211 | Maytag MEDB855D*+8.8 cu ft | $113 |
| 210 | Maytag MEDB835D*+8.8 cu ft | $113 |
| 209 | Maytag YMED5500FW*7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 208 | Maytag MED8200FW*7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 207 | Maytag MED8200FC*7.4 cu ft | $113 |
Source
ES_22856_YMEDB835D*+_04282016182916_8156414View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Maytag and YMEDB835D*+ 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.