Brothers 102396 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Brothers 102396: running cost
At 647.5 kWh/yr, the Brothers 102396's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
That $122 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.
How the Brothers 102396 compares to other room air conditioners
The category average is 603 kWh/yr; this model runs 7.4% above it, ranking 331 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $8/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Brothers 102396 on that list: Friedrich WCVT10B30A ($120/yr, 640.4 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Brothers 102398 ($122/yr, 647.5 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Brothers's own models
Ranked 6 of Brothers's 9 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the 102372 ($49/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the 102387 ($159/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Brothers 102396 costs roughly $1,217 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $122/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Brothers 102396 already costs $122/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
The full Room Air Conditioner category page shows all 447 room air conditioners ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 647.5 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.