Brothers 102398 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the Brothers 102398 costs to run
At 647.5 kWh/yr, the Brothers 102398'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.
Efficient, or not, for a room air conditioner
The category average is 603 kWh/yr; this model runs 7.4% above it, ranking 332 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 447 room air conditioners ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $8/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Brothers 102398: Brothers 102396 ($122/yr, 647.5 kWh/yr), then Midea MAT12R1FWTK ($122/yr, 647.5 kWh/yr).
Within the Brothers lineup
Ranked 7 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).
Brothers 102398 over 10 years
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Brothers 102398 costs roughly $1,217 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
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
Whether or not the Brothers 102398 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 332 of 447, the Brothers 102398 sits in the middle of the room air conditioner category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. 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.