Seasons ST14VA2 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Seasons ST14VA2: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Seasons ST14VA2 at 755.4 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $142 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 25.3% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 381 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 $29/year over 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 Midea MWEUTW-14CRFN8-MCM9 ($142/yr, 755.4 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Friedrich WCVT12B10A ($144/yr, 767 kWh/yr).
Within the Seasons lineup
Seasons makes 10 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 8 of 10 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the SW06VB1 at $62/yr, and its priciest, the SW24V2 at $245/yr.
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 ST14VA2 that long and it costs about $1,420 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Seasons ST14VA2 runs above its category average. If the room air conditioner you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $142/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $142/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 381 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.