Room sized air conditioning unit?

Question

Does anyone know approximately how much it would cost to run a 'portable room-sized Hampton Bay window unit...

Hampton Bay

115 Volts

4.8 amps

I live in Redding Calif. The tempature commonly exeeds 100*, and the central air conditioning is not working. The Lady who owns the home has been told that it will cost more than it is worth to be cool.

Can one genius out there figure out how much it cost to run this 12 hours a day?

Smile, a little something, something to think about

{-; I will be awaiting the results, Maybe we should have a contest and who ever comes the closest after the first electricity comes in I will promise to pay $10 through 'pay-pal....... Lets start calculating!!

God Bless You all !!

Christina Godbe <{@ Redding, Calif

Answer 1

If you already KNOW the cost of per hour of electricity the following formula will be helpful. If you do not know, call and ask the energy supplier in the area. They can tell you. If you get a really helpful person on the line, they are equip to figure out the cost for you.

This is an even simpler calculation. Using as an example information from our example air conditioner&#039;s data tag,

((5000 BTUh) / (10 SEER)) = 500 Wh

500 Wh x $0.25 = $0.12 per hour to run our air conditioner.

Answer 2

Christina,

Only you know your electricity charge per kWhr, but the average for California is 14.35¢ per kWhr, so I will use that for the calculation.

115V x 4.8 Amps = 550 Watts

For 12 hours, the unit would consume:

550 Watts x 12 hrs = 6.6 kWhr

So, the cost would be (per day):

6.6 kWhr x 14.35¢ / kWhr = 95¢ per day.

So... for a typical 30-day month, your cost to run that air conditioner would be 95¢ / day x 30 days, or,

$29 per month.