Midea MAW12HV1KWT-A Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Midea MAW12HV1KWT-A: running cost
At 625 kWh/yr, the Midea MAW12HV1KWT-A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $118 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MAW12HV1KWT-A against the category
That's 3.6% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 325 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 $4/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MWAUQB-12HRFN8-BCN4 ($118/yr, 625 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MAW12HV1KWT-A. GE Appliances AWGP12W# ($118/yr, 625 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 121 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.
Midea MAW12HV1KWT-A 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 MAW12HV1KWT-A that long and it costs about $1,175 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MAW12HV1KWT-A is already efficient for its category at $118/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
A room air conditioner like the Midea MAW12HV1KWT-A is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
At rank 325 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 625 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.