HEMA DS-2W1822CI Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the HEMA DS-2W1822CI
The HEMA DS-2W1822CI is certified by ENERGY STAR at 937.5 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
The $176 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 55.5% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 405 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 $63/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 Friedrich CCV18A30A ($176/yr, 937.5 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is TCL H18W4KW ($176/yr, 937.5 kWh/yr).
Within the HEMA lineup
The HEMA DS-2W1822CI is the only room air conditioner from HEMA that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full room air conditioner category.
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 HEMA DS-2W1822CI that long and it costs about $1,763 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $176/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 HEMA DS-2W1822CI or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $176/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
Ranked 405 of 447, the HEMA DS-2W1822CI 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 937.5 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.