ZAFRO A8503W-12K Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the ZAFRO A8503W-12K costs to run
At 600 kWh/yr, the ZAFRO A8503W-12K's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $113 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 0.5% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 320 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 447 currently-certified room air conditioners feeds that average, putting this model about $1/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among room air conditioners, one step cheaper is Whirlpool WHAW-121IN ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is ZOKOP TIWC-12CRD1 ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr).
Within the ZAFRO lineup
The ZAFRO A8503W-12K is the only room air conditioner from ZAFRO that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full room air conditioner category.
ZAFRO A8503W-12K over 10 years
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $113/year, the ZAFRO A8503W-12K adds up to about $1,128 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The ZAFRO A8503W-12K is already efficient for its category at $113/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the ZAFRO A8503W-12K ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 320 of 447, the ZAFRO A8503W-12K 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.