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2.5 kW Air conditioners: Energy Use & Running Costs

320 currently registered air conditioners have a rated cooling capacity from 2.25 kW up to 3 kW (the band around the marketed 2.5 kW size), covering 549 model numbers.

Registered models
320
549 model numbers
Median annual electricity use
564 kWh
cold 1,020 · hot 603
Median estimated running cost
$180 / year
middle half: $157 to $255
Median cooling star rating
3.5
range 0.0 to 7.0

Mixed climate zone, residential profile, one entry per registration. Lowest annual use in the set: 125 kWh; highest: 2,278 kWh.

Star rating distribution

Cooling star ratings, 2.5 kW air conditioners (320 registrations, cooling stars, mixed zone). Click a bar to list models with at least that rating.

Lowest annual electricity use

Reverse cycle

  1. Midea MFEP26VB-W/MFEP26VB-N 404 kWh, 6.5 stars, 2.63 kW
  2. Actron Air WRC-026DS / WRE-026DS 404 kWh, 6.5 stars, 2.63 kW
  3. Midea MFEP26VA-W/MFEP26VA-N 405 kWh, 6.5 stars, 2.6 kW
  4. Actron Air WRC-026CS / WRE-026CS 410 kWh, 6.5 stars, 2.65 kW
  5. Rinnai HONRJX25/HINRJX25 416 kWh, 7 stars, 2.65 kW
  6. Pioneer International HPR-09A2 418 kWh, 4 stars, 2.5 kW

Cooling only

  1. Rinnai HONCJ26B1 / HINCJ26B1 125 kWh, 7 stars, 2.64 kW
  2. Hitachi RAC-DJ25PCAT/RAK-DJ25PCAT 141 kWh, 5.5 stars, 2.5 kW
  3. Daikin RKM25YVMA / FTKM25YVMA 143 kWh, 5.5 stars, 2.5 kW
  4. Daikin RKM25QVMA / FTKM25QVMA 145 kWh, 5.5 stars, 2.5 kW

All 2.5 kW air conditioners (327)

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2.5 kW air conditioners
ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Panasonic CU-QZ25BKR/CS-QZ25BKRSplit system2.8 kW heating2.5 kW cooling528 kWh/yr4$169
Emerald Energy ACSS25Split system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling529 kWh/yr4.5$169
Hisense HAWG9KRSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling529 kWh/yr4.5$169
Toshiba RAS-10B2AVG-A / RAS-10B2KVG-ASplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling531 kWh/yr4$170
Samsung Electronics AR70H09CADWX / AR70H09CADWNSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling534 kWh/yr4.5$171
Panasonic CU-Z25AKR / CS-Z25AKRWSplit system3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling535 kWh/yr4$171
Panasonic CU-RZ25AKR / CS-RZ25AKRWSplit system3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling535 kWh/yr4$171
Kogan KASSSAC25HESplit system3.3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling536 kWh/yr5$172
Kogan KASSSAC25HCSplit system3.3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling536 kWh/yr5$172
Kogan KASSSAC25HBSplit system3.3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling536 kWh/yr5$172
Kogan KASSSAC25HASplit system3.3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling536 kWh/yr5$172
Kogan KASSSAC25H*Split system3.3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling536 kWh/yr5$172
Kogan KASSSAC25HFSplit system3.3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling536 kWh/yr5$172
Kogan KASSSAC25HDSplit system3.3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling536 kWh/yr5$172
Kaden KS09Split system2.8 kW heating2.6 kW cooling537 kWh/yr4.5$172
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRC25ZSA-W/SRK25ZSA-WF1Split system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling537 kWh/yr4$172
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRK25/DXK09ZSA-WF1Split system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling537 kWh/yr4$172
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries DXC09ZSA-W/DXK09ZSA-WF1Split system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling537 kWh/yr4$172
Haier 1U25PFHRA / AS25PFHRASplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling538 kWh/yr5$172
LG AS09S0U / AS09S0NSplit system3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling543 kWh/yr4.5$174
Braemar WCHV25D1T/WSHV25D1TSplit system3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling543 kWh/yr4$174
Panasonic CU-RZ25DKR / CS-RZ25DKRWSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling544 kWh/yr4$174
Panasonic CU-Z25DKR / CS-Z25DKRWSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling544 kWh/yr4$174
Samsung Electronics AR09BXGYCWKX/ AR09BXGYCWKNSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling545 kWh/yr4.5$174
Midea MFAB-60WC/MULMIO09Split system2.9 kW heating2.8 kW cooling545 kWh/yr4$174
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRK25/DXK09ZSA-WFSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling545 kWh/yr3.5$174
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRC25ZSA-W/SRK25ZSA-WFSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling545 kWh/yr3.5$174
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries DXC09ZSA-W/DXK09ZSA-WFSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling545 kWh/yr3.5$174
Samsung Electronics AR50F09C1UHX / AR50F09C1UHNSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling546 kWh/yr4.5$175
Panasonic CU-RZ25AKR / S-25PK4RSplit system3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling547 kWh/yr3.5$175
Haier 1U25TPHRA / AS25TPHRASplit system3.3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling548 kWh/yr4.5$175
Fujitsu AOTH09KNCA / ASTH09KNCASplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling548 kWh/yr4.5$175
Hisense HAWJ9KRSplit system3.1 kW heating2.5 kW cooling548 kWh/yr4$175
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries DXC09ZSA-W / DXK09ZSA-WSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling548 kWh/yr3.5$175
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRK/DXK_25/09ZSA-WSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling548 kWh/yr3.5$175
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRC25ZSA-W / SRK25ZSA-WSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling548 kWh/yr3.5$175
Daikin RXS25R2V1A / FVXS25R2V1ASplit system2.9 kW heating2.5 kW cooling548 kWh/yr3$175
Midea MFAU26WC/MFAU26NCSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling549 kWh/yr4.5$176
Midea MFAB26WC/MFAB26NCSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling549 kWh/yr4.5$176
Samsung Electronics AR09BXECNWKX/ AR09BXECNWKNSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling549 kWh/yr4.5$176
Daikin RXF25AVMA / FTXF25AVMASplit system3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling549 kWh/yr4$176
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries DXC09ZTLA-WJ/DXK09ZTLA-WFJSplit system3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling549 kWh/yr3$176
Daikin RXF25WVMA / FTXF25WVMASplit system3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling550 kWh/yr4$176
Kogan KASSSAC26TBSplit system3.3 kW heating2.6 kW cooling551 kWh/yr5$176
TCL TAC-10CHSD/XA72IGSplit system3.3 kW heating2.6 kW cooling551 kWh/yr5$176
Kogan KASSSAC26T*Split system3.3 kW heating2.6 kW cooling551 kWh/yr5$176
Kogan KASSSAC26TDSplit system3.3 kW heating2.6 kW cooling551 kWh/yr5$176
Kogan KASSSAC26TCSplit system3.3 kW heating2.6 kW cooling551 kWh/yr5$176
Kogan KASSSAC26TASplit system3.3 kW heating2.6 kW cooling551 kWh/yr5$176
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRC25ZTLA-W/SRK25ZTLA-WSplit system3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling551 kWh/yr3$176
2.5kW Air conditioners: Energy Use & Running Costs