Midea MWAUQB-08HRFN8-BCL0 Running Cost (Room Air…
Midea MWAUQB-08HRFN8-BCL0: running cost
At 413.8 kWh/yr, the Midea MWAUQB-08HRFN8-BCL0's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
That $78 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.
How the Midea MWAUQB-08HRFN8-BCL0 compares to other room air conditioners
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 31.4% less, ranking 127 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $36/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MWAUQB-08HRFN8-BCL0 on that list: Midea MAW08HV1CWT ($78/yr, 413.8 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Gradient CCHP11 ($78/yr, 415.2 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 53 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).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Midea MWAUQB-08HRFN8-BCL0 that long and it costs about $778 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $78/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
Whether or not the Midea MWAUQB-08HRFN8-BCL0 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
At rank 127 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 413.8 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.