Model
Glowells PD82A
Rank #111 means 110 of the 519 dehumidifier models we track cost less to run each year; the 20th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 20% of those models.
What does the Glowells PD82A cost to run per year?
The Glowells PD82A costs about $51 a year to run, which beats most of the 519 dehumidifier models we track; it ranks #111. Capacity-normalized, it ranks ahead of just 20% of dehumidifier models we track, a soft spot worth weighing against the dollar figure. At a IEF of 1.75, its integrated energy factor is the single figure that best explains how it earns its running-cost number.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Omni Max ODA22M1WGAHW at $51/yr runs a little cheaper and the Vissani VADA22A4HWT at $51/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 Glowells PD82A's $51/yr adds up to roughly $408 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Bosch Dry 2000.
By the numbers
The Glowells PD82A 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 $51/yr, here is what the Glowells PD82A adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Glowells PD82A costs about $510. That is roughly $130 less than the class median, which would run closer to $640 over the same ten years.
How the Glowells PD82A compares
The dehumidifier class we track runs from $19 to $521 a year. At $51/yr, it runs about $13 a year cheaper than the class median of $64, and it is about $32 a year more than the cheapest dehumidifier to run at $19.
What drives its running cost
At 23 pints/day, the Glowells PD82A is a small dehumidifier for its class, which spans 1.91 to 172.13 pints/day with a median of 32.46 pints/day, 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. Beyond size, its IEF of 1.75, below the class median of 2.01, is the class's own efficiency yardstick, integrated energy factor, and it is what separates two similarly sized models with different running costs.
- Integrated Energy Factor (IEF). IEF measures liters of water removed per kilowatt-hour; a higher IEF means less energy per pint of moisture removed for a given capacity.
- Water removal capacity (pints/day). A dehumidifier rated to remove more pints per day is built for a larger space or a more humid room, and generally draws more power to do it.
- Humidistat accuracy. A unit with a more precise humidistat cycles the compressor off once the target humidity is reached, rather than running continuously.
Common questions
Is the Glowells PD82A cheap to run?
Yes. Its $51/yr running cost puts it at rank #111 of 519, below what most dehumidifier models we track cost to run.
How much does the Glowells PD82A cost per month?
About $4.27 a month, which is the $51 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: 276 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $51 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Glowells PD82A for its size?
20th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
Source
ES_1151920_PD82A_04132026130226_4559203View certified dehumidifier listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Glowells and PD82A 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.