Vissani VAWA14V4HWT Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the Vissani VAWA14V4HWT costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Vissani VAWA14V4HWT at 700 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $132 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 VAWA14V4HWT compares to other room air conditioners
The category average is 603 kWh/yr; this model runs 16.1% above it, ranking 371 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $18/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Vissani VAWA14V4HWT on that list: Midea MWCUWA-14CRFN8-BCN10 ($132/yr, 700 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Friedrich KCVM14B10A ($133/yr, 709.2 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Vissani lineup
Of the 9 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners Vissani makes, the VAWA14V4HWT costs the most to run, $83/year more than Vissani's cheapest, the VAW05V1KWT.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Vissani VAWA14V4HWT that long and it costs about $1,316 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
At $132/year, this is on the expensive side for a room air conditioner; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $49/year, worth knowing before buying either the Vissani VAWA14V4HWT or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
If you're keeping it
A room air conditioner like the Vissani VAWA14V4HWT is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
How this was checked
Ranked 371 of 447, the Vissani VAWA14V4HWT 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. The 700 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.