Midea MAW14V1YWT-S Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Midea MAW14V1YWT-S
At 700 kWh/yr, the Midea MAW14V1YWT-S's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $132 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 16.1% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 369 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 $18/year over 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 MAW14S1VWWT-T ($132/yr, 700 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MWCUWA-14CRFN8-BCN10 ($132/yr, 700 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 140 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 MAW14V1YWT-S over 10 years
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $132/year, the Midea MAW14V1YWT-S adds up to about $1,316 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Midea MAW14V1YWT-S runs above its category average. If the room air conditioner you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $132/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
Protecting what you have
A room air conditioner like the Midea MAW14V1YWT-S 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.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 369 of 447, the Midea MAW14V1YWT-S sits in the middle of the room air conditioner category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.