Model
Santa Fe 4046180
Rank #516 means 515 of the 519 dehumidifier models we track cost less to run each year; the 99th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 99% of those models.
What does the Santa Fe 4046180 cost to run per year?
Out of the 519 dehumidifier models we track, the Santa Fe 4046180 lands at rank #516 on cost, roughly $220 a year, one of the most expensive figures in the class. Few dehumidifier models we track are more efficient for their size than this one; its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 99 is near the top of the class. Its IEF of 3.12 reflects integrated energy factor, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Healthy Climate HCWHD#-080 at $190/yr runs a little cheaper and the Carrier Corporation DEHXXCDA1100* at $444/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 Santa Fe 4046180's $220/yr adds up to roughly $1760 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs. At rank #516 of 519, it sits at the very top of the cost range for its class, among the single priciest models we track to run.
By the numbers
The Santa Fe 4046180 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 $220/yr, here is what the Santa Fe 4046180 adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Santa Fe 4046180 costs about $2200. That is roughly $1560 more than the class median, which would run closer to $640 over the same ten years.
How the Santa Fe 4046180 compares
The dehumidifier class we track runs from $19 to $521 a year. At $220/yr, it runs about $156 a year above the class median of $64, and it is about $201 a year more than the cheapest dehumidifier to run at $19.
What drives its running cost
At 172.13 pints/day, the Santa Fe 4046180 is a large dehumidifier for its class, which spans 1.91 to 172.13 pints/day with a median of 32.46 pints/day, and larger dehumidifier models generally cost more to run than smaller ones in the same class, simply because there is more to keep cold, spin, heat, or light. Its IEF of 3.12, 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 Santa Fe 4046180 cheap to run?
Its $220/yr running cost, rank #516 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 Santa Fe 4046180 cost per month?
About $18.37 a month, which is the $220 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: 1,188 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $220 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Santa Fe 4046180 for its size?
99th 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_15849_4046180_031820251303269_2327659View certified dehumidifier listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Santa Fe and 4046180 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.