Model
Midea MAD50C1AWS-A
Rank #437 means 436 of the 519 dehumidifier models we track cost less to run each year; the 56th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 56% of those models.
What does the Midea MAD50C1AWS-A cost to run per year?
The Midea MAD50C1AWS-A holds rank #437 of 519 on running cost, at about $97 a year, a genuinely pricey result for the class. Capacity-normalized, it ranks ahead of 56% of dehumidifier models we track, right in the class's middle band. Its IEF of 2.01 reflects integrated energy factor, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Danby DDR050BL3BDB at $97/yr runs a little cheaper and the Midea MAD50P1AWS-A at $97/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A dehumidifier typically stays in service for somewhere around 8 years; over that span, the Midea MAD50C1AWS-A's $97/yr adds up to roughly $776 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
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By the numbers
The Midea MAD50C1AWS-A 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 $97/yr, here is what the Midea MAD50C1AWS-A 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 MAD50C1AWS-A costs about $970. That is roughly $330 more than the class median, which would run closer to $640 over the same ten years.
How the Midea MAD50C1AWS-A compares
The dehumidifier class we track runs from $19 to $521 a year. At $97/yr, it runs about $33 a year above the class median of $64, and it is about $78 a year more than the cheapest dehumidifier to run at $19.
What drives its running cost
At 49.74 pints/day, the Midea MAD50C1AWS-A is a large dehumidifier for its class, which spans 1.91 to 172.13 pints/day with a median of 32.46 pints/day, size is usually the single biggest lever behind a running-cost figure, and at this end of the range there is more capacity to service, which tends to push the number up. Its IEF of 2.01, above the class median of 2.01, reflects integrated 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.
- Integrated Energy Factor (IEF). IEF measures liters of water removed per kilowatt-hour; a higher IEF means less energy per pint of moisture removed for a given capacity.
- Water removal capacity (pints/day). A dehumidifier rated to remove more pints per day is built for a larger space or a more humid room, and generally draws more power to do it.
- Humidistat accuracy. A unit with a more precise humidistat cycles the compressor off once the target humidity is reached, rather than running continuously.
Common questions
Is the Midea MAD50C1AWS-A cheap to run?
Its $97/yr running cost, rank #437 of 519, is above what most dehumidifier models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Midea MAD50C1AWS-A cost per month?
About $8.12 a month, which is the $97 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: 525 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $97 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Midea MAD50C1AWS-A for its size?
56th 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
Source
ES_1138537_MAD50C1AWS-A_102020250627663_1768425View certified dehumidifier listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Midea and MAD50C1AWS-A 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.