Hisense AHW0823TW1W Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Hisense AHW0823TW1W
At 400 kWh/yr, the Hisense AHW0823TW1W'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.
Hisense AHW0823TW1W against the category
That's 33.7% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 76 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
Hisense AWL0826TW1W ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Hisense AHW0823TW1W. Hisense AALW08TW26 ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Hisense lineup
Hisense makes 16 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 3 of 16 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WCT06W25A at $62/yr, and its priciest, the AW2223TW3W at $207/yr.
What this adds up to over time
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $75/year, the Hisense AHW0823TW1W adds up to about $752 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The Hisense AHW0823TW1W 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Hisense AHW0823TW1W ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Ranked 76 of 447, the Hisense AHW0823TW1W 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.