Model
Midea MLTG45N6CWW
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 MLTG45N6CWW cost to run per year?
Rank #540 of 615 puts the Midea MLTG45N6CWW among the pricier clothes dryer models we track to keep running, at roughly $128 a year. Size-adjusted, this model ranks near the bottom of its class on efficiency, ahead of just 14% of clothes dryer models we track. At a CEF of 3.48, its combined energy factor is the single figure that best explains how it earns its running-cost number.
On the leaderboard, the Midea MLTG45N5CCG at $128/yr runs a little cheaper, the closest neighbor to its exact spot in the ranking. A clothes dryer typically stays in service for somewhere around 13 years; over that span, the Midea MLTG45N6CWW's $128/yr adds up to roughly $1664 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
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By the numbers
The Midea MLTG45N6CWW 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 MLTG45N6CWW 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 MLTG45N6CWW 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 MLTG45N6CWW 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 MLTG45N6CWW 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. Its CEF of 3.48, below the class median of 3.93, reflects combined energy factor: a higher figure means it wrings more useful work out of every kilowatt-hour, so it is the efficiency lever to weigh against raw size.
- 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 MLTG45N6CWW 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 MLTG45N6CWW 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 MLTG45N6CWW 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 614 | Midea MLTG45N5CCG7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 613 | Midea MLTG54N5CWWC7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 612 | Midea MLTG54N5CWW7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 611 | Midea MLTG45N5CWW7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 610 | Midea MLTG45N5CWWC7.4 cu ft | $128 |
Source
ES_1030337_MLTG45N6CWW_033020260745538_4995874View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Midea and MLTG45N6CWW 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.