Comfort Aire RXTS-81A Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Comfort Aire RXTS-81A: running cost
The Comfort Aire RXTS-81A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 400 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
That $75 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 Comfort Aire RXTS-81A compares to other room air conditioners
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 33.7% less, ranking 63 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $38/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Comfort Aire RXTS-81A on that list: Century RXTS-81A ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Danby DAC080B7IWDB-6 ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Of the 4 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners Comfort Aire makes, the RXTS-81A is the cheapest to run, $179/year less than Comfort Aire's priciest, the RADS-253R03.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Comfort Aire RXTS-81A that long and it costs about $752 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $75/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$75/year to run is the predictable cost of the Comfort Aire RXTS-81A; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 400 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 63 of 447, the Comfort Aire RXTS-81A 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.