LG APHWC802M Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
LG APHWC802M: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the LG APHWC802M at 1,210 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $227 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 9.5% above the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 318 of 596 certified electric water heaters for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 596 currently-certified electric water heaters feeds that average, putting this model about $20/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among electric water heaters, one step cheaper is LG APHWC802L ($227/yr, 1,210 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Friedrich PROH80 T2 FD400-30 ($228/yr, 1,213 kWh/yr).
Within the LG lineup
LG makes 14 ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters; this one ranks 8 of 14 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the R5TT20F-SA0 (208V) at $163/yr, and its priciest, the APHWC801M at $239/yr.
LG APHWC802M over 11 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical electric water heater's service life at 11 years; run the LG APHWC802M that long and it costs about $2,502 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The LG APHWC802M 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 $227/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters before buying.
Protecting what you have
$227/year to run is the predictable cost of the LG APHWC802M; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
The data behind this page
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 1,210 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.