Keystone KSTAW182WA Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Keystone KSTAW182WA: running cost
At 900 kWh/yr, the Keystone KSTAW182WA's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $169 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 49.3% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 398 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 $56/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 Keplerx KBRC18RSVE2 ($169/yr, 900 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MAW18R2VWT ($169/yr, 900 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Keystone makes 11 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 10 of 11 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the KSTAW081WA at $75/yr, and its priciest, the KSTAW242WA at $254/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Keystone KSTAW182WA costs roughly $1,692 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
At $169/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 Keystone KSTAW182WA or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Keystone KSTAW182WA already costs $169/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
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 900 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.