Brothers 102395: running cost
At 755.4 kWh/yr, the Brothers 102395's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $142 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Brothers 102395 against the category
That's 25.3% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 377 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every room air conditioner ENERGY STAR currently certifies (447 models), not an outside benchmark, about $29/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MAT14R2FWTK ($142/yr, 755.4 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Brothers 102395. Friedrich WCVT12B30A ($138/yr, 733.8 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Brothers makes 9 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 8 of 9 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the 102372 at $49/yr, and its priciest, the 102387 at $159/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Brothers 102395 that long and it costs about $1,420 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Brothers 102395 runs above its category average. If the room air conditioner you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $142/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Brothers 102395 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 755.4 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 377 of 447 for running cost, see the room air conditioner category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.