Midea MAW08V1UWT Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the Midea MAW08V1UWT costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MAW08V1UWT 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 MAW08V1UWT compares to other room air conditioners
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 33.7% less, ranking 95 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 MAW08V1UWT on that list: Midea MAW08V1QWT-T ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MAW08V1YWT-S ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 37 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).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Midea MAW08V1UWT that long and it costs about $752 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $75/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
Whether or not the Midea MAW08V1UWT ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 400 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.