Model
Element ETD7527EBW
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 Element ETD7527EBW cost to run per year?
At roughly $113 a year to run, ranking #376 of 615, the Element ETD7527EBW costs more than the typical clothes dryer model we track. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 65 is comfortably above the class median. The CEF figure of 3.93 on this model captures combined energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Samsung DVE53BB87*** at $113/yr runs a little cheaper and the Ge GUD57EE*T*** 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 Element ETD7527EBW's $113/yr adds up to roughly $1469 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Direct Supply 0-36CJ8.
By the numbers
The Element ETD7527EBW 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 Element ETD7527EBW adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Element ETD7527EBW 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 Element ETD7527EBW 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 Element ETD7527EBW 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, and larger clothes dryer 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 CEF of 3.93, above the class median of 3.93, reflects combined 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.
- 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 Element ETD7527EBW 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 Element ETD7527EBW 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 Element ETD7527EBW 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 354 | Samsung DVE53BB87***7.6 cu ft | $113 |
| 353 | Samsung DVE53BB89***7.6 cu ft | $113 |
| 352 | Samsung DVE46BG65***7.5 cu ft | $113 |
| 351 | Samsung DVE46BB67***7.5 cu ft | $113 |
| 350 | Samsung DVE50BG83***7.5 cu ft | $113 |
Source
ES_1145034_ETD7527EBW_080220220725582_1964374View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Element and ETD7527EBW 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.