Friedrich WCVT12B10A Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Friedrich WCVT12B10A
The Friedrich WCVT12B10A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 767 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
The $144 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 27.2% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 382 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 447 currently-certified room air conditioners feeds that average, putting this model about $31/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among room air conditioners, one step cheaper is Seasons ST14VA2 ($142/yr, 755.4 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Friedrich CCV15A10A ($147/yr, 781.3 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Friedrich makes 28 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 16 of 28 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the CCV08A10A at $75/yr, and its priciest, the KCVL36B30A at $394/yr.
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 WCVT12B10A that long and it costs about $1,442 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Friedrich WCVT12B10A 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 $144/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
A room air conditioner like the Friedrich WCVT12B10A is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
The data behind this page
At rank 382 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. The 767 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.