Comfort Aire RXTS-101A Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Comfort Aire RXTS-101A
At 500 kWh/yr, the Comfort Aire RXTS-101A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $94 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Comfort Aire RXTS-101A against the category
That's 17.1% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 164 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 $19/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Danby DAC100B8IWDB-6 ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Comfort Aire RXTS-101A. Century RXTS-101A ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Comfort Aire lineup
Comfort Aire makes 4 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 2 of 4 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RXTS-81A at $75/yr, and its priciest, the RADS-253R03 at $254/yr.
Comfort Aire RXTS-101A over 10 years
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $94/year, the Comfort Aire RXTS-101A adds up to about $940 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Comfort Aire RXTS-101A is already efficient for its category at $94/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Comfort Aire RXTS-101A already costs $94/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 164 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.