Midea MAW18RV1KWT Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Midea MAW18RV1KWT
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MAW18RV1KWT at 843.8 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $159 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 39.9% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 391 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 $45/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 Friedrich KCVS16B30A ($159/yr, 843.8 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MAW18S2KWT-A ($159/yr, 843.8 kWh/yr).
Comparing Midea's own models
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 145 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 MAW18RV1KWT 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 MAW18RV1KWT that long and it costs about $1,586 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MAW18RV1KWT 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 $159/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
Protecting what you have
$159/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MAW18RV1KWT; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
The data behind this page
At rank 391 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 843.8 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.