TCL KCR-35/YXRDBp(E1/6)(080002) Running Cost (Room Air…
TCL KCR-35/YXRDBp(E1/6)(080002): running cost
At 592.1 kWh/yr, the TCL KCR-35/YXRDBp(E1/6)(080002)'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $111 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
TCL KCR-35/YXRDBp(E1/6)(080002) against the category
That's 1.8% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 258 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 $2/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GE Profile AHTR12ACH2 ($112/yr, 594.2 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the TCL KCR-35/YXRDBp(E1/6)(080002). TCL H12W4KWH-CA ($111/yr, 592.1 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
TCL makes 59 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 42 of 59 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the T05WV9M at $51/yr, and its priciest, the T24WQ2S at $266/yr.
TCL KCR-35/YXRDBp(E1/6)(080002) over 10 years
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the TCL KCR-35/YXRDBp(E1/6)(080002) costs roughly $1,113 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The TCL KCR-35/YXRDBp(E1/6)(080002) is already efficient for its category at $111/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 KCR-35/YXRDBp(E1/6)(080002) 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
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 592.1 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.