Midea MAW10V1WWT: running cost
The Midea MAW10V1WWT is certified by ENERGY STAR at 468.8 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
The $88 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MAW10V1WWT against the category
That's 22.3% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 149 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 $25/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MAW10V1WWT-T ($88/yr, 468.8 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MAW10V1WWT. Midea MAW10U2QWT ($88/yr, 468.8 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 65 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.
Cost over its typical lifespan
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $88/year, the Midea MAW10V1WWT adds up to about $881 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MAW10V1WWT is already efficient for its category at $88/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Midea MAW10V1WWT 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 468.8 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.