Model
Arecovas AR-DF005
Rank #245 means 244 of the 519 dehumidifier models we track cost less to run each year; the 53rd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 53% of those models.
What does the Arecovas AR-DF005 cost to run per year?
Ranking #245 of 519, the Arecovas AR-DF005 runs at roughly $63 a year, neither the cheapest nor the priciest in its class. Normalized for capacity, it beats 53% of dehumidifier models we track, an average result for the class. Its IEF of 2.15 reflects integrated energy factor, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Aeocky LEO-RCS32(Y)-N4-3(B) at $62/yr runs a little cheaper and the Aeocky RHEA-RCS32(Y)-N4-3 at $63/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A dehumidifier typically stays in service for somewhere around 8 years; over that span, the Arecovas AR-DF005's $63/yr adds up to roughly $504 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Arecovas AR-DF005 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 $63/yr, here is what the Arecovas AR-DF005 adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Arecovas AR-DF005 costs about $630. That is roughly $10 less than the class median, which would run closer to $640 over the same ten years.
How the Arecovas AR-DF005 compares
The dehumidifier class we track runs from $19 to $521 a year. At $63/yr, it runs about $1 a year cheaper than the class median of $64, and it is about $44 a year more than the cheapest dehumidifier to run at $19.
What drives its running cost
At 32 pints/day, the Arecovas AR-DF005 is a mid-size dehumidifier for its class, which spans 1.91 to 172.13 pints/day with a median of 32.46 pints/day, right in the middle of the capacity range, so capacity is roughly a wash compared with the rest of the class. The IEF of 2.15 on this model, above the class median of 2.01, measures integrated energy factor; it is the number to compare directly against another model's IEF if capacity is similar.
- Integrated Energy Factor (IEF). Two dehumidifiers rated for the same pints per day can carry very different IEF figures, and IEF is what actually separates their running costs.
- Water removal capacity (pints/day). Pints-per-day rating scales with the space it is built for, and that rating is the first driver of how much power the compressor needs.
- Humidistat accuracy. How tightly a humidistat holds its target humidity determines how much of the day the compressor actually runs, on top of the unit's rated capacity and IEF.
Common questions
Is the Arecovas AR-DF005 cheap to run?
It is about average. At $63 a year it ranks #245 of 519 dehumidifier models we track, close to the middle of its class on running cost.
How much does the Arecovas AR-DF005 cost per month?
Roughly $5.23/mo, spreading the $63/yr estimate evenly across twelve months at $0.1856/kWh. Actual monthly bills swing with your rate and usage pattern.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
We take the model's published annual energy use of 338 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $63 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Arecovas AR-DF005 for its size?
53rd percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
Source
ES_1152177_AR-DF005_03252026160000_0000001View certified dehumidifier listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Arecovas and AR-DF005 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.