Model
Samsung DV53BB89**H*
Rank #51 means 50 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 96th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 96% of those models.
What does the Samsung DV53BB89**H* cost to run per year?
Rank #51 of 615 puts the Samsung DV53BB89**H* among the cheapest clothes dryer models we track to keep running, at roughly $52 a year. Size-adjusted, this model beats 96% of clothes dryer models we track on efficiency, a standout even among the class's efficient models. At a CEF of 8.5, 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 Lg DLHC6702* at $49/yr runs a little cheaper and the Asko T208H.W.U at $53/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 Samsung DV53BB89**H*'s $52/yr adds up to roughly $676 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Samsung DV53BB89**H* 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 $52/yr, here is what the Samsung DV53BB89**H* adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Samsung DV53BB89**H* costs about $520. That is roughly $610 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Samsung DV53BB89**H* compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $52/yr, it runs about $61 a year cheaper than the class median of $113, and it is about $29 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.8 cu ft, the Samsung DV53BB89**H* 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 8.5 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 Samsung DV53BB89**H* cheap to run?
Yes. Its $52/yr running cost puts it at rank #51 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Samsung DV53BB89**H* cost per month?
About $4.35 a month, which is the $52 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: 281 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $52 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Samsung DV53BB89**H* for its size?
96th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | Lg DLHC6702*7.8 cu ft | $49 |
| 49 | Lg WKHC252H*A7.8 cu ft | $49 |
| 48 | Lg DLHC5502*7.8 cu ft | $49 |
| 47 | Samsung DV45DG60**H*7.5 cu ft | $49 |
| 46 | Asko T411HS.W.U4.9 cu ft | $49 |
Source
ES_1023593_DV53BB89**H*_08122022095610_80137751View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Samsung and DV53BB89**H* 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.