Friedrich KCVM18B30A Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Friedrich KCVM18B30A
At 994.8 kWh/yr, the Friedrich KCVM18B30A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
That $187 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 Friedrich KCVM18B30A compares to other room air conditioners
The category average is 603 kWh/yr; this model runs 65% above it, ranking 411 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $74/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Friedrich KCVM18B30A on that list: Friedrich WHVT14B33A ($179/yr, 950 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Friedrich WCVT16B30A ($188/yr, 1,000 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 21 of Friedrich's 28 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the CCV08A10A ($75/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the KCVL36B30A ($394/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 Friedrich KCVM18B30A that long and it costs about $1,870 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $187/year, this is on the expensive side for a room air conditioner; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $49/year, worth knowing before buying either the Friedrich KCVM18B30A or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Friedrich KCVM18B30A already costs $187/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
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 994.8 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.