ROVSUN TIWC-08CRD1 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the ROVSUN TIWC-08CRD1 costs to run
At 400 kWh/yr, the ROVSUN TIWC-08CRD1's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $75 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
ROVSUN TIWC-08CRD1 against the category
That's 33.7% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 109 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 $38/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
TCL H8W4KW ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the ROVSUN TIWC-08CRD1. ROVSUN RVTIW-08CRD1 ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing ROVSUN's own models
ROVSUN makes 6 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 2 of 6 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RVTIW-08CRD1 at $75/yr, and its priciest, the TIWC-12CRD1 at $113/yr.
ROVSUN TIWC-08CRD1 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 ROVSUN TIWC-08CRD1 that long and it costs about $752 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The ROVSUN TIWC-08CRD1 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the ROVSUN TIWC-08CRD1 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 109 of 447 for running cost, see the room air conditioner category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.