Danby DAC140EBIBDB Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Danby DAC140EBIBDB
The Danby DAC140EBIBDB is certified by ENERGY STAR at 700 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
The $132 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Danby DAC140EBIBDB against the category
That's 16.1% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 356 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 $18/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
ELEMENT EHWR14BE ($132/yr, 700 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Danby DAC140EBIBDB. GE Profile AHTR14AC# ($129/yr, 688.8 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Danby's own models
Among Danby's 6 certified room air conditioners, this is the priciest to run, $56/year over the DAC080B7IWDB-6, the brand's cheapest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $132/year, the Danby DAC140EBIBDB adds up to about $1,316 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Danby DAC140EBIBDB runs above its category average. If the room air conditioner you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $132/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Danby DAC140EBIBDB ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 700 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 356 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.