Seasons ST08VB1 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the Seasons ST08VB1 costs to run
The Seasons ST08VB1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 425.5 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
That $80 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.
Efficient, or not, for a room air conditioner
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 29.4% less, ranking 134 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 447 room air conditioners ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $33/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Seasons ST08VB1: Midea MWEUTW-08CRFN8-BCN1 ($80/yr, 425.5 kWh/yr), then Midea MAW08S1KWT-A ($80/yr, 427 kWh/yr).
Comparing Seasons's own models
Ranked 2 of Seasons's 10 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the SW06VB1 ($62/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the SW24V2 ($245/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 Seasons ST08VB1 that long and it costs about $800 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $80/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Seasons ST08VB1 already costs $80/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 425.5 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.