TCL H8W4KW-CA: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the TCL H8W4KW-CA at 400 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $75 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
TCL H8W4KW-CA against the category
That's 33.7% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 111 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 H8W4MW ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the TCL H8W4KW-CA. TCL H8W4KW ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the TCL lineup
TCL makes 59 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 23 of 59 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the T05WV9M at $51/yr, and its priciest, the T24WQ2S at $266/yr.
TCL H8W4KW-CA 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 TCL H8W4KW-CA that long and it costs about $752 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The TCL H8W4KW-CA 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the TCL H8W4KW-CA 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 111 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.