Model
Hisense DH5S452BT
Rank #101 means 100 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 3rd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 3% of those models.
What does the Hisense DH5S452BT cost to run per year?
The Hisense DH5S452BT holds rank #101 of 615 on running cost, at about $81 a year, a genuinely cheap result for the class. Capacity-normalized, it ranks ahead of just 3% of clothes dryer models we track, near the bottom of every model we track in the class. Its CEF of 5.5 reflects combined energy factor, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Hisense DH5S452BW at $81/yr runs a little cheaper and the Whirlpool WHD560CH** at $85/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 Hisense DH5S452BT's $81/yr adds up to roughly $1053 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Hisense DH5S452BB.
By the numbers
The Hisense DH5S452BT 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 $81/yr, here is what the Hisense DH5S452BT adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Hisense DH5S452BT costs about $810. That is roughly $320 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Hisense DH5S452BT compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $81/yr, it runs about $32 a year cheaper than the class median of $113, and it is about $58 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 4.5 cu ft, the Hisense DH5S452BT 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 5.5, above 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 Hisense DH5S452BT cheap to run?
Yes. Its $81/yr running cost puts it at rank #101 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Hisense DH5S452BT cost per month?
About $6.73 a month, which is the $81 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: 435 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $81 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Hisense DH5S452BT for its size?
3rd percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is not the main reason for the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 102 | Hisense DH5S452BW4.5 cu ft | $81 |
| 101 | Hisense DH5S452BB4.5 cu ft | $81 |
| 100 | Truarctic TDFH4524HSB4.5 cu ft | $81 |
| 99 | Truarctic TDFH4524HST4.5 cu ft | $81 |
| 98 | Truarctic TDFH4524HSW4.5 cu ft | $81 |
Source
ES_1153030_DH5S452BT_04232026003756_5434770View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Hisense and DH5S452BT 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.