Midea MAW12V1QWT-M Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Midea MAW12V1QWT-M: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MAW12V1QWT-M at 600 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $113 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 0.5% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 297 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 447 currently-certified room air conditioners feeds that average, putting this model about $1/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among room air conditioners, one step cheaper is Midea MAW12V1QWT ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MAW12V1QWT-S ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 112 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Midea MAW12V1QWT-M that long and it costs about $1,128 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Midea MAW12V1QWT-M is already efficient for its category at $113/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
$113/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MAW12V1QWT-M; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
The data behind this page
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 600 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.