LG LW8022IVSM Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
LG LW8022IVSM: running cost
The LG LW8022IVSM is certified by ENERGY STAR at 387.1 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
The $73 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG LW8022IVSM against the category
That's 35.8% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 51 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 $41/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MAW08U1KWT ($73/yr, 387.4 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG LW8022IVSM. K�hl KCVS08B10B ($72/yr, 383.8 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
LG makes 12 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 2 of 12 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the LW6023IVSM at $55/yr, and its priciest, the LW2422IVSM(230V) at $229/yr.
What this adds up to over time
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $73/year, the LG LW8022IVSM adds up to about $728 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The LG LW8022IVSM is already efficient for its category at $73/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 LG LW8022IVSM 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
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 387.1 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.