PHNIX KA06-80 Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
Running cost for the PHNIX KA06-80
ENERGY STAR certifies the PHNIX KA06-80 at 1,199.7 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $226 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
The category average is 1,105 kWh/yr; this model runs 8.6% above it, ranking 312 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 $18/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 PHNIX KA06-80: Arctic Arctic-HP-Hot Water-KA06-80 ($226/yr, 1,199.7 kWh/yr), then Eco-Logical OMNI-80HP2-1A ($227/yr, 1,206 kWh/yr).
Comparing PHNIX's own models
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters PHNIX makes, the KA06-80 costs the most to run, $68/year more than PHNIX's cheapest, the KA06-50.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical electric water heater's service life at 11 years; run the PHNIX KA06-80 that long and it costs about $2,481 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $226/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 PHNIX KA06-80 or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the PHNIX KA06-80 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a electric water heater, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 1,199.7 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.