TCL H15W4KW-CA Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the TCL H15W4KW-CA
ENERGY STAR certifies the TCL H15W4KW-CA at 781.3 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $147 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
TCL H15W4KW-CA against the category
That's 29.6% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 385 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 $34/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
TCL T15WQ2S ($147/yr, 781.3 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the TCL H15W4KW-CA. TCL H15W4KW ($147/yr, 781.3 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing TCL's own models
TCL makes 59 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 52 of 59 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the T05WV9M at $51/yr, and its priciest, the T24WQ2S at $266/yr.
What this adds up to over time
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $147/year, the TCL H15W4KW-CA adds up to about $1,469 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The TCL H15W4KW-CA 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 $147/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
Protecting what you have
A room air conditioner like the TCL H15W4KW-CA is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 781.3 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.