Danby DAC080EBIBDB Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Danby DAC080EBIBDB: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Danby DAC080EBIBDB at 400 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
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 66 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 DAC080EBIBDB: Danby DAC080B8IWDB-6 ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr), then DELLA 048-TL-W8KI ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr).
Within the Danby lineup
Ranked 3 of Danby's 6 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the DAC080B7IWDB-6 ($75/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the DAC140EBIBDB ($132/yr, its priciest).
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 Danby DAC080EBIBDB that long and it costs about $752 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
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 DAC080EBIBDB 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
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 400 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.