Danby DAC080B7IWDB-6 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the Danby DAC080B7IWDB-6 costs to run
At 400 kWh/yr, the Danby DAC080B7IWDB-6's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
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.
Efficient, or not, for a room air conditioner
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 33.7% less, ranking 64 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 $38/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 Danby DAC080B7IWDB-6: Comfort Aire RXTS-81A ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr), then Danby DAC080B8IWDB-6 ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr).
Comparing Danby's own models
Of the 6 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners Danby makes, the DAC080B7IWDB-6 is the cheapest to run, $56/year less than Danby's priciest, the DAC140EBIBDB.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Danby DAC080B7IWDB-6 costs roughly $752 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $75/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 Danby DAC080B7IWDB-6 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
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 400 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.