Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-MCN1 Running Cost (Room Air…
Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-MCN1: running cost
The Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-MCN1 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.
That $100 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 11.8% less, ranking 225 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 $13/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 MWEUTW-10CRFN8-MCN1: Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-BCN1 ($100/yr, 531.9 kWh/yr), then Seasons ST10VB1 ($100/yr, 531.9 kWh/yr).
Comparing Midea's own models
Ranked 88 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).
What this adds up to over time
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-MCN1 that long and it costs about $1,000 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $100/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-MCN1 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 225 of 447, the Midea MWEUTW-10CRFN8-MCN1 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. 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.