Midea MAW08U1QWT Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Midea MAW08U1QWT: running cost
At 375 kWh/yr, the Midea MAW08U1QWT's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $71 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MAW08U1QWT against the category
That's 37.8% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 36 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 $43/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MAW08U2QWT ($71/yr, 375 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MAW08U1QWT. Midea 1014242943 ($71/yr, 375 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 13 of 161 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MWEUWA-05CRFN8-BCN4 at $49/yr, and its priciest, the MWCUWH-24CRFN8-MCM3 at $254/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Midea MAW08U1QWT that long and it costs about $705 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Midea MAW08U1QWT is already efficient for its category at $71/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$71/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MAW08U1QWT; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
At rank 36 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. The 375 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.