Midea MWAUQB-12CRFN8-BCN12: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MWAUQB-12CRFN8-BCN12 at 592.1 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $111 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MWAUQB-12CRFN8-BCN12 against the category
That's 1.8% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 255 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every room air conditioner ENERGY STAR currently certifies (447 models), not an outside benchmark, about $2/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
TCL H12W4KWH ($111/yr, 592.1 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MWAUQB-12CRFN8-BCN12. Midea MAW12U2QWT ($111/yr, 592.1 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 103 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.
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-12CRFN8-BCN12 that long and it costs about $1,113 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MWAUQB-12CRFN8-BCN12 is already efficient for its category at $111/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Midea MWAUQB-12CRFN8-BCN12 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 255 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.