TCL H8W4MW Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the TCL H8W4MW costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the TCL H8W4MW at 400 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $75 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 TCL H8W4MW compares to other room air conditioners
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 33.7% less, ranking 112 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $38/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the TCL H8W4MW on that list: TCL H8W4KW-CA ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while TCL T08WQ2S ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 24 of TCL's 59 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the T05WV9M ($51/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the T24WQ2S ($266/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the TCL H8W4MW costs roughly $752 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $75/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
Whether or not the TCL H8W4MW 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
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. The 400 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.