Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-BCN1 Running Cost (Room Air…
What the Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-BCN1 costs to run
The Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-BCN1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 531.9 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
The $100 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-BCN1 against the category
That's 11.8% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 224 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 $13/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-MCN1 ($100/yr, 531.9 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-BCN1. Midea MAT10R2SWTK ($100/yr, 531.9 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 87 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 MWEUTW-10CRFN8-BCN1 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 MWEUTW-10CRFN8-BCN1 that long and it costs about $1,000 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-BCN1 is already efficient for its category at $100/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
Whether or not the Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-BCN1 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
At rank 224 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 531.9 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.