Perfect aire 1PACU10000 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Perfect aire 1PACU10000: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Perfect aire 1PACU10000 at 500 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $94 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 17.1% less, ranking 199 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 $19/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 Perfect aire 1PACU10000: Noma iQ 143-0088-2 ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr), then Perfect aire 1PACV10000 ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr).
Comparing Perfect aire's own models
Ranked 3 of Perfect aire's 7 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the 1PACU8000 ($75/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the 1PACV25000E ($254/yr, its priciest).
Perfect aire 1PACU10000 over 10 years
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $94/year, the Perfect aire 1PACU10000 adds up to about $940 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $94/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
If you're keeping it
$94/year to run is the predictable cost of the Perfect aire 1PACU10000; 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. The full Room Air Conditioner category page shows all 447 room air conditioners ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.