Ktaxon TIWC-12CRD1 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the Ktaxon TIWC-12CRD1 costs to run
The Ktaxon TIWC-12CRD1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 600 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
That $113 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a room air conditioner
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 0.5% less, ranking 286 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 447 room air conditioners ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $1/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Ktaxon TIWC-12CRD1: Ktaxon KXTIW-12CRD1 ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr), then LG LW1222IVSM ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr).
Within the Ktaxon lineup
Of the 6 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners Ktaxon makes, the TIWC-12CRD1 costs the most to run, $38/year more than Ktaxon's cheapest, the KXTIW-08CRD1.
Ktaxon TIWC-12CRD1 over 10 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Ktaxon TIWC-12CRD1 that long and it costs about $1,128 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $113/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$113/year to run is the predictable cost of the Ktaxon TIWC-12CRD1; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 286 of 447 for running cost, see the room air conditioner category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.