Model
Whirlpool YWHD560CH**
Rank #104 means 103 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 91st efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 91% of those models.
What does the Whirlpool YWHD560CH** cost to run per year?
The Whirlpool YWHD560CH** holds rank #104 of 615 on running cost, at about $85 a year, a genuinely cheap result for the class. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 91 means the low running cost is not just a function of size; it is genuinely efficient for its class. The CEF figure of 5.2 on this model captures combined energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Whirlpool WHD862CH** at $85/yr runs a little cheaper and the Whirlpool WED7990FW* at $99/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 YWHD560CH**'s $85/yr adds up to roughly $1105 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Whirlpool WHD560CH**.
By the numbers
The Whirlpool YWHD560CH** 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 $85/yr, here is what the Whirlpool YWHD560CH** 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 YWHD560CH** costs about $850. That is roughly $280 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Whirlpool YWHD560CH** compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $85/yr, it runs about $28 a year cheaper than the class median of $113, and it is about $62 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.4 cu ft, the Whirlpool YWHD560CH** 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. The CEF of 5.2 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 Whirlpool YWHD560CH** cheap to run?
Yes. Its $85/yr running cost puts it at rank #104 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Whirlpool YWHD560CH** cost per month?
About $7.11 a month, which is the $85 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: 460 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $85 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Whirlpool YWHD560CH** for its size?
91st 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 105 | Whirlpool WHD862CH**7.4 cu ft | $85 |
| 104 | Whirlpool WHD560CH**7.4 cu ft | $85 |
| 103 | Hisense DH5S452BT4.5 cu ft | $81 |
| 102 | Hisense DH5S452BW4.5 cu ft | $81 |
| 101 | Hisense DH5S452BB4.5 cu ft | $81 |
Source
ES_22856_YWHD560CH**_12122018195003_4203765View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Whirlpool and YWHD560CH** 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.