Perfect aire 1PACV12000 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Perfect aire 1PACV12000: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Perfect aire 1PACV12000 at 600 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $113 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 0.5% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 308 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 $1/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 Perfect aire 1PACU12000 ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is PHILODECO PIWC-12CRD1(ES) ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr).
Within the Perfect aire lineup
Perfect aire makes 7 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 6 of 7 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the 1PACU8000 at $75/yr, and its priciest, the 1PACV25000E at $254/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Perfect aire 1PACV12000 costs roughly $1,128 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Perfect aire 1PACV12000 is already efficient for its category at $113/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Perfect aire 1PACV12000 already costs $113/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
Ranked 308 of 447, the Perfect aire 1PACV12000 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 600 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.