Running cost for the Whirlpool WHAW-151IN
The Whirlpool WHAW-151IN is certified by ENERGY STAR at 781.3 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
That $147 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 Whirlpool WHAW-151IN compares to other room air conditioners
The category average is 603 kWh/yr; this model runs 29.6% above it, ranking 387 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $34/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Whirlpool WHAW-151IN on that list: TCL T15WQ2S ($147/yr, 781.3 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Wallmaster WHVT14B33B ($158/yr, 837.9 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Whirlpool lineup
Ranked 4 of Whirlpool's 6 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the WHAW-081IN ($75/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WHAW-241IN ($266/yr, its priciest).
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 Whirlpool WHAW-151IN that long and it costs about $1,469 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $147/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Whirlpool WHAW-151IN 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.