Vissani VAWA10V4HWT Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Vissani VAWA10V4HWT
The Vissani VAWA10V4HWT is certified by ENERGY STAR at 500 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
That $94 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 Vissani VAWA10V4HWT compares to other room air conditioners
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 17.1% less, ranking 209 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $19/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Vissani VAWA10V4HWT on that list: TCL T10WQ2S ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Whirlpool WHAW-101IN ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Vissani lineup
Ranked 5 of Vissani's 9 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the VAW05V1KWT ($49/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the VAWA14V4HWT ($132/yr, its priciest).
Vissani VAWA10V4HWT 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 Vissani VAWA10V4HWT that long and it costs about $940 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $94/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$94/year to run is the predictable cost of the Vissani VAWA10V4HWT; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.