Model
Direct Supply 0-36CJ8
Rank #376 means 375 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 65th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 65% of those models.
What does the Direct Supply 0-36CJ8 cost to run per year?
Among the 615 clothes dryer models we track, the Direct Supply 0-36CJ8's $113/yr running cost ranks it #376, in the above-average-cost group. Capacity-normalized, it ranks ahead of 65% of clothes dryer models we track, a reasonably strong result for the class. At a CEF of 3.93, its combined energy factor is the single figure that best explains how it earns its running-cost number.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Direct Supply 0-36CJ6 at $113/yr runs a little cheaper and the Samsung WH53DBH7**E* at $113/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 Direct Supply 0-36CJ8's $113/yr adds up to roughly $1469 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
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By the numbers
The Direct Supply 0-36CJ8 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 $113/yr, here is what the Direct Supply 0-36CJ8 adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Direct Supply 0-36CJ8 costs about $1130. That is roughly $0 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Direct Supply 0-36CJ8 compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $113/yr, it sits right on the class median of $113, and it is about $90 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.5 cu ft, the Direct Supply 0-36CJ8 is a large clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, among clothes dryer models, bigger capacity is the most common reason a running-cost figure lands on the high side, all else being equal. The CEF of 3.93 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 Direct Supply 0-36CJ8 cheap to run?
Its $113/yr running cost, rank #376 of 615, is above what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Direct Supply 0-36CJ8 cost per month?
About $9.4 a month, which is the $113 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: 608 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $113 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Direct Supply 0-36CJ8 for its size?
65th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 375 | Direct Supply 0-36CJ64.5 cu ft | $113 |
| 374 | Crosley CFDMHE8105AW8 cu ft | $113 |
| 373 | Crosley CFDMHE8105AX8 cu ft | $113 |
| 372 | Ge GFD65ES*V***7.8 cu ft | $113 |
| 371 | Electrolux ELTE760C***8 cu ft | $113 |
Source
ES_1149364_0-36CJ8_091420230839216_2494522View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Direct Supply and 0-36CJ8 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.