Model
Whirlpool YWFH5424S**
Rank #69 means 68 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 85th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 85% of those models.
What does the Whirlpool YWFH5424S** cost to run per year?
The Whirlpool YWFH5424S** runs for about $59 a year, landing it near the bottom of the cost table at rank #69 of 615 clothes dryer models we track. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 85 sits well above the class median, a clearly above-average efficiency result. 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 Truarctic TAFD2438HW at $59/yr runs a little cheaper and the Whirlpool WFH5424S** 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 Whirlpool YWFH5424S**'s $59/yr adds up to roughly $767 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Whirlpool WCD3090J**.
By the numbers
The Whirlpool YWFH5424S** 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 Whirlpool YWFH5424S** adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Whirlpool YWFH5424S** 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 Whirlpool YWFH5424S** 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 4.3 cu ft, the Whirlpool YWFH5424S** 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, and smaller clothes dryer models generally cost less to run for the same job, all else being equal. Its CEF of 2.68, below 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 Whirlpool YWFH5424S** cheap to run?
Yes. Its $59/yr running cost puts it at rank #69 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Whirlpool YWFH5424S** 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 Whirlpool YWFH5424S** for its size?
85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 88 | Truarctic TAFD2438HW3.8 cu ft | $59 |
| 87 | Summit SLDC24044 cu ft | $59 |
| 86 | Summit LDES2484 cu ft | $59 |
| 85 | Marathon MVD420W4 cu ft | $59 |
| 84 | Danby DDY040D4DSDB4 cu ft | $59 |
Source
ES_22856_YWFH5424S**_100720250337460_2663372View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Whirlpool and YWFH5424S** 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.