Vissani VAWA12V4HWT Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the Vissani VAWA12V4HWT costs to run
The Vissani VAWA12V4HWT is certified by ENERGY STAR at 600 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
That $113 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.
Efficient, or not, for a room air conditioner
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 0.5% less, ranking 317 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 447 room air conditioners ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $1/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Vissani VAWA12V4HWT: TCL T12WQ2S ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr), then Vissani VWL1225T ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 7 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 VAWA12V4HWT 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 VAWA12V4HWT that long and it costs about $1,128 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $113/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $113/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 317 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.