Midea MAHW-50VN3B Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
Running cost for the Midea MAHW-50VN3B
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MAHW-50VN3B at 861 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $162 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.
Efficient, or not, for a electric water heater
Against the category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, this model uses 22.1% less, ranking 97 of 596 electric water heaters tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 596 electric water heaters ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $46/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Midea MAHW-50VN3B: Midea CAN3-RSJ-15/190RDVN3-L4 ($162/yr, 861 kWh/yr), then Midea MCHW-50VN3B ($162/yr, 861 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 7 of Midea's 27 certified electric water heaters, this sits between the CAN3-RSJ-15/190RDVN3-L3 ($161/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the US3-RSJ-15/300RDVN3-L3 ($233/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 Midea MAHW-50VN3B that long and it costs about $1,781 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified electric water heaters go, $162/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
At $162/year just to run, a electric water heater is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 861 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.