Model
Premium Levella PHD450HW
Rank #101 means 100 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 3rd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 3% of those models.
What does the Premium Levella PHD450HW cost to run per year?
Do the math and the Premium Levella PHD450HW's $81/yr puts it at rank #101 of 615, one of the more affordable clothes dryer models we track to keep running. Normalized for capacity, it beats only 3% of clothes dryer models we track, the weakest tier this efficiency ranking produces. The CEF figure of 5.5 on this model captures combined energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Premium Levella PHD456HS at $81/yr runs a little cheaper and the Truarctic TDFH4524HSW at $81/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 Premium Levella PHD450HW's $81/yr adds up to roughly $1053 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Hisense DH5S452BB.
By the numbers
The Premium Levella PHD450HW 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 $81/yr, here is what the Premium Levella PHD450HW adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Premium Levella PHD450HW costs about $810. That is roughly $320 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Premium Levella PHD450HW compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $81/yr, it runs about $32 a year cheaper than the class median of $113, and it is about $58 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 4.5 cu ft, the Premium Levella PHD450HW 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 5.5, above 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). CEF combines drying performance with standby and off-mode energy use; for a given drum size, a higher CEF means less energy per pound of laundry dried, and heat-pump models usually post the highest figures in the class.
- Drum capacity. Drum capacity sets how much laundry one cycle can hold, and heating a bigger volume of air generally costs more energy per cycle.
Common questions
Is the Premium Levella PHD450HW cheap to run?
Yes, relatively. At $81 a year it ranks #101 of 615 clothes dryer models we track, in the cheaper part of its class to run.
How much does the Premium Levella PHD450HW cost per month?
Roughly $6.73/mo, spreading the $81/yr estimate evenly across twelve months at $0.1856/kWh. Actual monthly bills swing with your rate and usage pattern.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
We take the model's published annual energy use of 435 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $81 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Premium Levella PHD450HW for its size?
3rd 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 96 | Premium Levella PHD456HS4.5 cu ft | $81 |
| 95 | Premium Levella PHD457HB4.5 cu ft | $81 |
| 94 | Lg WM6998H*A5 cu ft | $71 |
| 93 | Aeg DC240-14 cu ft | $59 |
| 92 | Element ECD4224EGG4 cu ft | $59 |
Source
ES_1117600_PHD450HW_041320260127200_2144779View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Premium Levella and PHD450HW 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.