Midea MW12MSWBA6RCM Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Midea MW12MSWBA6RCM
The Midea MW12MSWBA6RCM is certified by ENERGY STAR at 600 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
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 303 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 MW12MSWBA5RCM ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MWAUQB-12CRFN8-BCN10 ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr).
Comparing Midea's own models
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 118 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 MW12MSWBA6RCM 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 MW12MSWBA6RCM that long and it costs about $1,128 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MW12MSWBA6RCM 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Midea MW12MSWBA6RCM already costs $113/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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 303 of 447, the Midea MW12MSWBA6RCM 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.