Frigidaire Gallery GHWW085TE1 Running Cost (Room Air…
Running cost for the Frigidaire Gallery GHWW085TE1
At 400 kWh/yr, the Frigidaire Gallery GHWW085TE1's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $75 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Frigidaire Gallery GHWW085TE1 against the category
That's 33.7% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 73 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 $38/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GE Profile PWDV08W# ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire Gallery GHWW085TE1. Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ085WD1 ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Frigidaire Gallery's own models
Frigidaire Gallery makes 9 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 3 of 9 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GHWQ083WC1 at $75/yr, and its priciest, the GHWW125TE1 at $113/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $75/year, the Frigidaire Gallery GHWW085TE1 adds up to about $752 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Frigidaire Gallery GHWW085TE1 is already efficient for its category at $75/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $75/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Ranked 73 of 447, the Frigidaire Gallery GHWW085TE1 sits in the middle of the room air conditioner category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 400 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.