STEALTH ACIQ-50G-HP-WH Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
What the STEALTH ACIQ-50G-HP-WH costs to run
At 855 kWh/yr, the STEALTH 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.
STEALTH 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 89 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
stream33 S33-HPWH50 ($161/yr, 855 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the STEALTH ACIQ-50G-HP-WH. Senville SENWH-HP50US ($161/yr, 855 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the STEALTH lineup
STEALTH sells 2 certified electric water heaters; this one runs cheapest of them, $72/year under the ACIQ-80G-HP-WH, its priciest.
STEALTH ACIQ-50G-HP-WH over 11 years
Over the 11-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the STEALTH ACIQ-50G-HP-WH costs roughly $1,768 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The STEALTH 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 STEALTH 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
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.