Midea MWAUQB-08CRFN8-BCN10 Running Cost (Room Air…
What the Midea MWAUQB-08CRFN8-BCN10 costs to run
At 400 kWh/yr, the Midea MWAUQB-08CRFN8-BCN10's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
That $75 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a room air conditioner
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 33.7% less, ranking 101 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 447 room air conditioners ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $38/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Midea MWAUQB-08CRFN8-BCN10: Midea MW08MSWBA5RCM ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr), then Midea MWCUWA-08CRFN8-BCN10 ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 43 of Midea's 161 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the MWEUWA-05CRFN8-BCN4 ($49/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MWCUWH-24CRFN8-MCM3 ($254/yr, its priciest).
Midea MWAUQB-08CRFN8-BCN10 over 10 years
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $75/year, the Midea MWAUQB-08CRFN8-BCN10 adds up to about $752 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $75/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$75/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MWAUQB-08CRFN8-BCN10; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 101 of 447, the Midea MWAUQB-08CRFN8-BCN10 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.