Model
Fulgor Milano FM4CD24W1
Rank #79 means 78 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 72nd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 72% of those models.
What does the Fulgor Milano FM4CD24W1 cost to run per year?
Rank #79 of 615 puts the Fulgor Milano FM4CD24W1 among the cheapest clothes dryer models we track to keep running, at roughly $59 a year. Size-adjusted, this model beats 72% of clothes dryer models we track on efficiency, better than most of its class. The CEF figure of 2.68 on this model captures combined energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Equator Advanced Appliances CD 4040 ** at $59/yr runs a little cheaper and the Aeg DC240 at $59/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 Fulgor Milano FM4CD24W1's $59/yr adds up to roughly $767 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Aeg DC240.
By the numbers
The Fulgor Milano FM4CD24W1 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 $59/yr, here is what the Fulgor Milano FM4CD24W1 adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Fulgor Milano FM4CD24W1 costs about $590. That is roughly $540 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Fulgor Milano FM4CD24W1 compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $59/yr, it runs about $54 a year cheaper than the class median of $113, and it is about $36 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 4 cu ft, the Fulgor Milano FM4CD24W1 is a small clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, at the small end of the class, capacity itself is doing a lot of the work to keep that figure down, separate from how efficient the unit actually is. Beyond size, its CEF of 2.68, below the class median of 3.93, is the class's own efficiency yardstick, combined energy factor, and it is what separates two similarly sized models with different running costs.
- 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 Fulgor Milano FM4CD24W1 cheap to run?
Yes. Its $59/yr running cost puts it at rank #79 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Fulgor Milano FM4CD24W1 cost per month?
About $4.9 a month, which is the $59 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: 317 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $59 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Fulgor Milano FM4CD24W1 for its size?
72nd 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 77 | Equator Advanced Appliances CD 4040 **4 cu ft | $59 |
| 76 | Magic Chef MCSDRY24W14 cu ft | $59 |
| 75 | Bosch WTG865H4UC4 cu ft | $59 |
| 74 | Finlux DR4405WCH4 cu ft | $59 |
| 73 | Finlux DR4408SCH4 cu ft | $59 |
Source
ES_1136869_FM4CD24W1_033120231746250_2275090View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Fulgor Milano and FM4CD24W1 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.