Midea MAW08V1QWT Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Midea MAW08V1QWT
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MAW08V1QWT at 400 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $75 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.
How the Midea MAW08V1QWT compares to other room air conditioners
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 33.7% less, ranking 92 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $38/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MAW08V1QWT on that list: Midea MAW08S1VWWT-T ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MAW08V1QWT-S ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 34 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).
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 MAW08V1QWT that long and it costs about $752 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $75/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $75/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
How this was checked
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 400 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.