Midea MAW14S1VWWT-T Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the Midea MAW14S1VWWT-T costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MAW14S1VWWT-T at 700 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $132 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MAW14S1VWWT-T against the category
That's 16.1% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 368 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 $18/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MAW14V1YWT-S ($132/yr, 700 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MAW14S1VWWT-T. Midea MAW14S1VWT-A ($132/yr, 700 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 139 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.
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 MAW14S1VWWT-T that long and it costs about $1,316 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $132/year, this is on the expensive side for a room air conditioner; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $49/year, worth knowing before buying either the Midea MAW14S1VWWT-T or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
Protecting what you have
$132/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MAW14S1VWWT-T; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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 700 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.