Midea MAT08R1SWTK Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Midea MAT08R1SWTK: running cost
The Midea MAT08R1SWTK is certified by ENERGY STAR at 425.5 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
That $80 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 29.4% less, ranking 132 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 $33/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 Midea MAT08R1SWTK: Midea MAT08R1FWTK ($80/yr, 425.5 kWh/yr), then Midea MWEUTW-08CRFN8-BCN1 ($80/yr, 425.5 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 55 of Midea's 161 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the MWEUWA-05CRFN8-BCN4 ($49/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MWCUWH-24CRFN8-MCM3 ($254/yr, its priciest).
Midea MAT08R1SWTK 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 Midea MAT08R1SWTK that long and it costs about $800 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $80/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Midea MAT08R1SWTK already costs $80/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 425.5 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 132 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.