Model
Santa Fe 4047200
Rank #500 means 499 of the 519 dehumidifier models we track cost less to run each year; the 100th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 100% of those models.
What does the Santa Fe 4047200 cost to run per year?
Out of the 519 dehumidifier models we track, the Santa Fe 4047200 lands at rank #500 on cost, roughly $105 a year, one of the most expensive figures in the class. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 100 means the low running cost is not just a function of size; almost nothing in the class beats it on efficiency once capacity is accounted for. The IEF figure of 2.63 on this model captures integrated energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Honeywell Home DHM120R4000/U at $103/yr runs a little cheaper and the Moiswell Admiral W160 at $117/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 4047200's $105/yr adds up to roughly $840 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Santa Fe 4047200 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 $105/yr, here is what the Santa Fe 4047200 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 4047200 costs about $1050. That is roughly $410 more than the class median, which would run closer to $640 over the same ten years.
How the Santa Fe 4047200 compares
The dehumidifier class we track runs from $19 to $521 a year. At $105/yr, it runs about $41 a year above the class median of $64, and it is about $86 a year more than the cheapest dehumidifier to run at $19.
What drives its running cost
At 102.69 pints/day, the Santa Fe 4047200 is a large dehumidifier for its class, which spans 1.91 to 172.13 pints/day with a median of 32.46 pints/day, among dehumidifier models, bigger capacity is the most common reason a running-cost figure lands on the high side, all else being equal. Its IEF of 2.63, 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 4047200 cheap to run?
Its $105/yr running cost, rank #500 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 4047200 cost per month?
About $8.74 a month, which is the $105 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: 565 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $105 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Santa Fe 4047200 for its size?
100th 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_4047200_092520251830822_8460457View certified dehumidifier listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Santa Fe and 4047200 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.