Vissani VAW08V1AWTS Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the Vissani VAW08V1AWTS costs to run
At 427 kWh/yr, the Vissani VAW08V1AWTS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $80 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 29.2% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 138 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 $33/year under 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 Seasons SW08VB1 ($80/yr, 427 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is GE Appliances AWGP08W# ($85/yr, 454.5 kWh/yr).
Comparing Vissani's own models
Vissani makes 9 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 3 of 9 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the VAW05V1KWT at $49/yr, and its priciest, the VAWA14V4HWT at $132/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Vissani VAW08V1AWTS that long and it costs about $803 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Vissani VAW08V1AWTS is already efficient for its category at $80/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
The Vissani VAW08V1AWTS already costs $80/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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. Ranked 138 of 447, the Vissani VAW08V1AWTS sits in the middle of the room air conditioner category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.