Ruud PRO H80 T2 RU310UM Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
Ruud PRO H80 T2 RU310UM: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Ruud PRO H80 T2 RU310UM at 1,303 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $245 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Ruud PRO H80 T2 RU310UM against the category
That's 17.9% above the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 468 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 $37/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Ruud PROUH80 T2 RU350BM ($245/yr, 1,303 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Ruud PRO H80 T2 RU310UM. Ruud PRO H80 T2 RU310BM ($245/yr, 1,303 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Ruud makes 51 ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters; this one ranks 47 of 51 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the PROUH40 T2 CD400-15 at $121/yr, and its priciest, the PROUH80 T0 RU120-MSO at $264/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 11-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Ruud PRO H80 T2 RU310UM costs roughly $2,695 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
At $245/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 Ruud PRO H80 T2 RU310UM or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Ruud PRO H80 T2 RU310UM ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a electric water heater, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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 1,303 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.