ROVSUN TIWC-10CRD1 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
ROVSUN TIWC-10CRD1: running cost
At 500 kWh/yr, the ROVSUN TIWC-10CRD1's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
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.
How the ROVSUN TIWC-10CRD1 compares to other room air conditioners
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 17.1% less, ranking 204 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $19/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the ROVSUN TIWC-10CRD1 on that list: ROVSUN RVTIW-10CRD1 ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while TCL H10W4KW ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the ROVSUN lineup
Ranked 4 of ROVSUN's 6 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the RVTIW-08CRD1 ($75/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the TIWC-12CRD1 ($113/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
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-10CRD1 that long and it costs about $940 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the ROVSUN TIWC-10CRD1 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Ranked 204 of 447, the ROVSUN TIWC-10CRD1 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 500 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.