Wallmaster WCVT12B30B Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Wallmaster WCVT12B30B
The Wallmaster WCVT12B30B is certified by ENERGY STAR at 636.7 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
That $120 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 Wallmaster WCVT12B30B compares to other room air conditioners
The category average is 603 kWh/yr; this model runs 5.6% above it, ranking 329 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $6/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Wallmaster WCVT12B30B on that list: Friedrich KCVS12B30A ($119/yr, 635 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Friedrich WCVT10B30A ($120/yr, 640.4 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Wallmaster's own models
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners Wallmaster makes, the WCVT12B30B is the cheapest to run, $38/year less than Wallmaster's priciest, the WHVT14B33B.
Wallmaster WCVT12B30B 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 Wallmaster WCVT12B30B that long and it costs about $1,197 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $120/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
Whether or not the Wallmaster WCVT12B30B ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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.