Ariston ARIHPWH-80 Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
Running cost for the Ariston ARIHPWH-80
ENERGY STAR certifies the Ariston ARIHPWH-80 at 1,238 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $233 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
How the Ariston ARIHPWH-80 compares to other electric water heaters
The category average is 1,105 kWh/yr; this model runs 12% above it, ranking 376 of 596 electric water heaters tracked here for running cost. 596 certified electric water heaters, one average, about $25/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Ariston ARIHPWH-80 on that list: AMERICAN STANDARD WATER HEATERS ASHPWH-80 ($233/yr, 1,238 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while 1HVAC ACIQ-80G-HP-WH ($233/yr, 1,240 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 7 of Ariston's 8 certified electric water heaters, this sits between the ARIHPWH-50-T ($159/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ARIHPWH-65 ($242/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical electric water heater's service life at 11 years; run the Ariston ARIHPWH-80 that long and it costs about $2,560 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Ariston ARIHPWH-80 runs above its category average. If the electric water heater you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $233/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Ariston ARIHPWH-80 already costs $233/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Ranked 376 of 596, the Ariston ARIHPWH-80 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 1,238 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.