Perfect aire 1PACU8000 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Perfect aire 1PACU8000: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Perfect aire 1PACU8000 at 400 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $75 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 33.7% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 105 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 447 currently-certified room air conditioners feeds that average, putting this model about $38/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among room air conditioners, one step cheaper is Noma iQ 143-0087-4 ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Perfect aire 1PACV8000 ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Perfect aire sells 7 certified room air conditioners; this one runs cheapest of them, $179/year under the 1PACV25000E, its priciest.
Perfect aire 1PACU8000 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 Perfect aire 1PACU8000 that long and it costs about $752 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Perfect aire 1PACU8000 is already efficient for its category at $75/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
At $75/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
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.