Model
Whirlpool YWED9290FC*
Rank #107 means 106 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 86th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 86% of those models.
What does the Whirlpool YWED9290FC* cost to run per year?
The Whirlpool YWED9290FC* holds rank #107 of 615 on running cost, at about $99 a year, a genuinely cheap result for the class. Few clothes dryer models we track beat it on size-adjusted efficiency; it edges out 86% of the class once capacity is normalized. Its CEF of 4.5 reflects combined energy factor, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Whirlpool YWED7990FW* at $99/yr runs a little cheaper and the Whirlpool YWED9290FW* at $99/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 Whirlpool YWED9290FC*'s $99/yr adds up to roughly $1287 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Whirlpool WED7990FW*.
By the numbers
The Whirlpool YWED9290FC* 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 $99/yr, here is what the Whirlpool YWED9290FC* adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Whirlpool YWED9290FC* costs about $990. That is roughly $140 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Whirlpool YWED9290FC* compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $99/yr, it runs about $14 a year cheaper than the class median of $113, and it is about $76 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.4 cu ft, the Whirlpool YWED9290FC* 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 4.5 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 Whirlpool YWED9290FC* cheap to run?
Yes. Its $99/yr running cost puts it at rank #107 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Whirlpool YWED9290FC* cost per month?
About $8.21 a month, which is the $99 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: 531 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $99 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Whirlpool YWED9290FC* for its size?
86th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 110 | Whirlpool YWED7990FW*7.4 cu ft | $99 |
| 109 | Whirlpool WED9290FW*7.4 cu ft | $99 |
| 108 | Whirlpool WED9290FC*7.4 cu ft | $99 |
| 107 | Whirlpool WED7990FW*7.4 cu ft | $99 |
| 106 | Whirlpool YWHD560CH**7.4 cu ft | $85 |
Source
ES_22856_YWED9290FC*_05032016205935_9175921View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Whirlpool and YWED9290FC* 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.