Brothers 102399 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the Brothers 102399 costs to run
At 531.9 kWh/yr, the Brothers 102399's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $100 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Brothers 102399 against the category
That's 11.8% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 219 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 $13/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MAT10R1FWTK ($100/yr, 531.9 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Brothers 102399. Brothers 102397 ($100/yr, 531.9 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Brothers lineup
Brothers makes 9 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 4 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 102399 that long and it costs about $1,000 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Brothers 102399 is already efficient for its category at $100/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
Protecting what you have
A room air conditioner like the Brothers 102399 is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
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 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.