DIYCOOL ACIQ-50G-HP-WH Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
DIYCOOL ACIQ-50G-HP-WH: running cost
At 855 kWh/yr, the DIYCOOL ACIQ-50G-HP-WH's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified electric water heater.
The $161 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
DIYCOOL ACIQ-50G-HP-WH against the category
That's 22.6% below the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 74 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 $47/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
ECO-AIR HPWH-50G ($161/yr, 855 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the DIYCOOL ACIQ-50G-HP-WH. Custom Comfort CCOHPWH50A ($161/yr, 855 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
DIYCOOL sells 2 certified electric water heaters; this one runs cheapest of them, $72/year under the ACIQ-80G-HP-WH, its priciest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
11 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $161/year, the DIYCOOL ACIQ-50G-HP-WH adds up to about $1,768 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The DIYCOOL ACIQ-50G-HP-WH is already efficient for its category at $161/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new electric water heater costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The DIYCOOL ACIQ-50G-HP-WH already costs $161/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
The full Electric Water Heater category page shows all 596 electric water heaters ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 855 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.