Perfect aire 1PACV10000: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Perfect aire 1PACV10000 at 500 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $94 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Perfect aire 1PACV10000 against the category
That's 17.1% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 200 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 $19/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
PHILODECO PIWC-10CRD1(ES) ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Perfect aire 1PACV10000. Perfect aire 1PACU10000 ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Perfect aire lineup
Perfect aire makes 7 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 4 of 7 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the 1PACU8000 at $75/yr, and its priciest, the 1PACV25000E 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 Perfect aire 1PACV10000 that long and it costs about $940 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Perfect aire 1PACV10000 is already efficient for its category at $94/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$94/year to run is the predictable cost of the Perfect aire 1PACV10000; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 500 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.