A. O. Smith HPTU-80N 1 Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
Running cost for the A. O. Smith HPTU-80N 1
The A. O. Smith HPTU-80N 1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 1,387 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among electric water heaters currently certified.
The $261 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
A. O. Smith HPTU-80N 1 against the category
That's 25.5% above the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 533 of 596 certified electric water heaters for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every electric water heater ENERGY STAR currently certifies (596 models), not an outside benchmark, about $53/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
American HPHE10280H045DVCTA-1 ($261/yr, 1,387 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the A. O. Smith HPTU-80N 1. A. O. Smith HPTU-80DR 1 ($261/yr, 1,387 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the A. O. Smith lineup
A. O. Smith makes 61 ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters; this one ranks 53 of 61 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the HPS10-50H45DV 2 at $156/yr, and its priciest, the HPV10-80H01DV 2 at $311/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 11-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the A. O. Smith HPTU-80N 1 costs roughly $2,868 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
At $261/year, this is on the expensive side for a electric water heater; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $121/year, worth knowing before buying either the A. O. Smith HPTU-80N 1 or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The A. O. Smith HPTU-80N 1 already costs $261/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 533 of 596, the A. O. Smith HPTU-80N 1 sits in the middle of the electric water heater category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 1,387 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.