Friedrich WHVT14B33A Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Friedrich WHVT14B33A: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Friedrich WHVT14B33A at 950 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $179 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Friedrich WHVT14B33A against the category
That's 57.5% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 410 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 $65/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Friedrich KCVM18B30A ($187/yr, 994.8 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Friedrich WHVT14B33A. Whirlpool WHAW-181IN ($176/yr, 937.5 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Friedrich's own models
Friedrich makes 28 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 20 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 WHVT14B33A that long and it costs about $1,786 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $179/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 WHVT14B33A or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
Protecting what you have
A room air conditioner like the Friedrich WHVT14B33A 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.
Sourcing
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 950 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.