How much extra electricity does a 5,000 btu air conditioning unit cost to use per month?

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I have a 5,000 btu air conditioner unit that was about $130 at target. I use it only at night when it's too hot and the 2 days I'm off work each week. 
  My uncle wants me to start paying $100/month just for its use. I think this is insane. He's acting like this is like running our actual air conditioning in the house!!!!! A wall unit should be much less expensive in comparison correct? It's a weak and cheap a/c until anyway. What do you think it costs or what's reasonable to pay extra for the amount I use it?

Hk9 · Answer

Yeh, it could add $100 a month or more to the bill... he's not wrong.

IAgirlBAM · Answer

You can get the answer by going to the website of your energy company provider and searching the list for what it costs to actually run the item you mentioned.

Here's an example of how to figure it from my energy company:

http://www.midamericanenergy.com/ee/include/pdf/ee_cost_estimates.pdf

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How much extra electricity does a 5,000 btu air conditioning unit cost to use per month?

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