Model
Midea MLTG45N5CWWC
Rank #540 means 539 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 14th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 14% of those models.
What does the Midea MLTG45N5CWWC cost to run per year?
The Midea MLTG45N5CWWC holds rank #540 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 lags most of the class, ahead of only 14% 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 Midea MLTG54S7ACG at $128/yr runs a little cheaper and the Midea MLTG45N5CWW 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 Midea MLTG45N5CWWC's $128/yr adds up to roughly $1664 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Amana NGD5800H**.
By the numbers
The Midea MLTG45N5CWWC 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 Midea MLTG45N5CWWC adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Midea MLTG45N5CWWC 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 Midea MLTG45N5CWWC 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 7.4 cu ft, the Midea MLTG45N5CWWC 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, less capacity to service is usually the first reason a running-cost figure lands on the low side, before efficiency even enters the picture. 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 Midea MLTG45N5CWWC cheap to run?
Its $128/yr running cost, rank #540 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 Midea MLTG45N5CWWC 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 Midea MLTG45N5CWWC for its size?
14th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 609 | Midea MLTG54S7ACG7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 608 | Midea MLTG54N5CCG7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 607 | Whirlpool WGF5727T**7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 606 | Ge Profile PTD80GB*T***7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 605 | Ge GTD68GBMRWS7.4 cu ft | $128 |
Source
ES_1030337_MLTG45N5CWWC_032520260830519_3464753View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Midea and MLTG45N5CWWC 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.