Model
Maytag MED8230H**
Rank #255 means 254 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 87th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 87% of those models.
What does the Maytag MED8230H** cost to run per year?
At about $113 a year, the Maytag MED8230H** lands in the middle third of clothes dryer models we track on running cost, rank #255 of 615. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 87 sits well above the class median, a clearly above-average efficiency result. 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 Amana NED5800H** at $113/yr runs a little cheaper and the Maytag MED7230H** 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 Maytag MED8230H**'s $113/yr adds up to roughly $1469 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Kenmore C6813*41*.
By the numbers
The Maytag MED8230H** 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 Maytag MED8230H** adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Maytag MED8230H** 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 Maytag MED8230H** 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 8.8 cu ft, the Maytag MED8230H** 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. 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 Maytag MED8230H** cheap to run?
Roughly, yes. Its $113/yr figure is close to the class median, ranking #255 of 615, neither a bargain nor a splurge on running cost.
How much does the Maytag MED8230H** 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 Maytag MED8230H** for its size?
87th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 299 | Amana NED5800H**7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 298 | Samsung DVE50R85***7.5 cu ft | $113 |
| 297 | Samsung DVE54R72***7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 296 | Samsung DVE54R76***7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 295 | Samsung DVE45R63***7.5 cu ft | $113 |
Source
ES_22856_MED8230H**_08202019175316_3596061View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Maytag and MED8230H** 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.