E080 specs
| Brand | AprilAire |
|---|---|
| Capacity (AHAM, 80°F/60% RH) | 80 pints/day |
| Max coverage | 4,400 sq ft |
| Drainage | Gravity drain |
| Dimensions | 26" L x 14" W x 15" H |
| Weight | 63 lbs |
| Power draw | 5.1A |
| Filter | Washable MERV 8 |
| Energy Star | Yes |
| Warranty | 5 years |
| Price tier | $$ Mid-range ($1,000–$2,000). See Amazon for today's price. |
- The DOE integrated test rates this unit at 65 pints/day; AprilAire's 80-pint figure is the AHAM rating.
Specs are compiled from manufacturer listings and may change between production runs. Confirm on the retailer page before buying.
The AprilAire E080 sits in the middle of AprilAire’s whole-house lineup: 80 pints per day by its marketing rating (65 under the DOE integrated test), covering up to 4,400 square feet per retailer listings. It is a 63-pound, 26”L x 14”W x 15”H unit built in the USA, and it carries the Energy Star Most Efficient 2025 designation — the efficiency badge that separates it from the rest of the line. Its headline spec is the power draw: 5.1 amps, the lowest in AprilAire’s residential lineup according to spec sheets.
In positioning, the E080 is the efficiency pick for large homes: enough honest capacity for a 3,000–4,400 square-foot house, at the lowest electrical draw of anything AprilAire sells. It typically lists around $1,750–1,900 — which puts it awkwardly close to the E100 Pro, a pricing quirk worth understanding before you buy. For help deciding how much capacity you actually need, our whole-house dehumidifier guide walks through the sizing math.
Who the AprilAire E080 is for (and who should skip it)
The E080 is for the homeowner with a large house (roughly 3,000–4,400 square feet) in a humid climate who cares about running costs. At 5.1A — spec sheets confirm it is the lowest-draw unit in the line — it will pull less power at a given duty cycle than its siblings, which adds up over a long Southern summer. It is also the natural pick if your crawl space or mechanical room has a tight electrical budget.
Skip it if you want smart-home features; there is no Wi-Fi, no app, and the control is a wired digital panel. Skip it if the E100 Pro is within a hundred dollars or so at your retailer — the price gap between the two has historically been narrow, and more capacity for nearly the same money is hard to argue with. And skip it if you need built-in pumping: like every AprilAire model at this level, drainage is gravity-only, with a hose connection and no internal pump.
Capacity: the AHAM number vs the box number
Here is where you need to read carefully. Retailer listings market the E080 at 80 pints per day, but the DOE integrated test rating is 65 pints per day. Both numbers come from real tests; the DOE integrated figure is simply measured under different conditions and is the more conservative number. This is exactly the kind of box-number vs test-number gap our AHAM vs saturation pints explainer is written to decode — and AprilAire is far from the worst offender here, but you should size on 65 pints, not 80.
The 4,400-square-foot coverage figure comes from retailer listings and assumes a reasonably well-sealed home. A drafty house with a vented crawl space will behave like a much larger one, so treat square footage as a ceiling rather than a promise. Compare the whole range on our dehumidifiers page.
Installation and drainage
Spec sheets show the E080 at 26”L x 14”W x 15”H and 63 lbs — compact for a whole-house unit and easy to place in a crawl space, utility room, or basement. It can run freestanding or be ducted into existing HVAC ductwork, and it accepts a top or front-mount digital control, which gives installers flexibility on where the control lives relative to the unit.
Drainage is gravity-only; no pump is included. Owners report typical installations run the hose to a floor drain or sump, and that adding an external condensate pump is standard practice where gravity drainage is not available. Budget for one if your mechanical room has no low-point drain — it is a routine accessory, not a defect, but the total installed cost picture should include it. Because this is a whole-house unit tied into ductwork, most ducted installations are done by a pro.
Noise, energy and running costs
Energy is the E080’s calling card. At 5.1 amps — spec sheets show the lowest draw in AprilAire’s residential line — and Energy Star Most Efficient 2025 status, it is the unit to buy when long run-times are expected. On a humid-climate duty cycle of, say, 8–12 hours a day through summer, the amp difference between this and a 6.9A E100 Pro compounds into real dollars over a season. Estimate your own numbers with our operating cost calculator.
Noise figures are published for ducted configurations; freestanding placement will be louder, and as with every ductable unit, where you put it matters more than the number. Owners report that tucked in a crawl space or mechanical room, whole-house units like this are a background hum at worst — the living space never hears them in normal ducted setups.
Maintenance
Maintenance follows the AprilAire pattern: a washable MERV 8 filter that pulls out, rinses, and goes back in, with cleaning frequency driven by your environment — dusty crawl spaces need more frequent rinsing than clean mechanical rooms. There are no disposable filters to buy, no tank to empty, and no descaling routine. The recurring checklist is the drain hose: verify it still runs downhill with no kinks and that the outlet stays clear.
The 5-year warranty matches the rest of the AprilAire line and stands above the 1–2 year norms in residential dehumidifiers, which matters in a category where compressor longevity is the thing you are actually buying.
At roughly $1,750–1,900, the E080 is AprilAire’s efficiency pick: Energy Star Most Efficient 2025, the lowest amp draw in the lineup, and honest capacity for up to 4,400 square feet. The tradeoffs are the missing Wi-Fi, the gravity-only drain, and a price that sits uncomfortably close to the E100 Pro — check the current price on Amazon and compare both before deciding. If you are sizing a large home in a humid climate and running costs are the priority, the E080 is the right unit; if the E100 Pro is nearly the same price when you buy, take the extra capacity instead.
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