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Cooling only Air conditioners: Energy Use & Running Costs

408 currently registered cooling only air conditioners (cool only), 736 model numbers, compared by the label’s annual electricity use and star rating.

Registered models
408
736 model numbers
Median annual electricity use
772 kWh
cold 497 · hot 2,135
Median estimated running cost
$247 / year
middle half: $130 to $363
Median cooling star rating
1.5
range 0.0 to 7.0

Mixed climate zone, residential profile, one entry per registration. Lowest annual use in the set: 84 kWh; highest: 18,512 kWh.

Star rating distribution

Cooling star ratings, cooling only air conditioners (408 registrations, cooling stars, mixed zone). Click a bar to list models with at least that rating.

Lowest annual electricity use

  1. Zero Breeze Z20 84 kWh, 1.5 stars, 0.63 kW
  2. Rinnai HONCJ26B1 / HINCJ26B1 125 kWh, 7 stars, 2.64 kW
  3. Daikin RKM20QVMA / FTKM20QVMA 129 kWh, 4.5 stars, 2 kW
  4. Daikin RKM20YVMA / FTKM20YVMA 130 kWh, 5 stars, 2.2 kW
  5. Daikin RKM20W2VMA / FTKM20W2VMA 131 kWh, 5 stars, 2.2 kW
  6. Daikin RKM20Q2VMA / FTKM20Q2VMA 132 kWh, 4.5 stars, 2 kW
  7. Hitachi RAC-DJ25PCAT/RAK-DJ25PCAT 141 kWh, 5.5 stars, 2.5 kW
  8. Daikin RKM25YVMA / FTKM25YVMA 143 kWh, 5.5 stars, 2.5 kW
  9. Daikin RKM25QVMA / FTKM25QVMA 145 kWh, 5.5 stars, 2.5 kW
  10. Daikin RKM25Q2VMA / FTKM25Q2VMA 148 kWh, 5 stars, 2.5 kW

All cooling only air conditioners (736)

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cooling only air conditioners
ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
TCL TAC-16CPB/NVPortable4.6 kW cooling1,462 kWh/yr0$468
TCL TAC-16CPB/NWPortable4.6 kW cooling1,462 kWh/yr0$468
TCL TAC-16CPB/NUPortable4.6 kW cooling1,462 kWh/yr0$468
TECO TPO46CFWATPortable4.6 kW cooling1,462 kWh/yr0$468
TCL TAC-16CPB/N*Portable4.6 kW cooling1,462 kWh/yr0$468
TCL TAC-16CPB/NZPortable4.6 kW cooling1,462 kWh/yr0$468
TCL TAC-16CPB/NYPortable4.6 kW cooling1,462 kWh/yr0$468
Olimpia Splendid Elite 16Portable4.6 kW cooling1,462 kWh/yr0$468
Polo PN46CWFPortable4.6 kW cooling1,462 kWh/yr0$468
Olimpia Splendid 02098Portable4.7 kW cooling1,470 kWh/yr0$470
Dimplex DCP16CPortable4.5 kW cooling1,512 kWh/yr0$484
Olimpia Splendid 02653 Glacier 16 P WIFI AUPortable4.7 kW cooling1,512 kWh/yr0$484
Kogan KAWFPAC16YEPortable4.7 kW cooling1,579 kWh/yr0$505
Kogan KAWFPAC16YBPortable4.7 kW cooling1,579 kWh/yr0$505
Kogan KAWFPAC16Y*Portable4.7 kW cooling1,579 kWh/yr0$505
Kogan KAWFPAC16YCPortable4.7 kW cooling1,579 kWh/yr0$505
Kogan KAWFPAC16YAPortable4.7 kW cooling1,579 kWh/yr0$505
Kogan KAWFPAC16YDPortable4.7 kW cooling1,579 kWh/yr0$505
Braemar KCHV140D1B/KACV140D1SSplit system, ducted12.7 kW cooling1,659 kWh/yr1.5$531
Lennox TSA048S41-3/CH33-44/48B-2F-3Split system, ducted13.4 kW cooling1,691 kWh/yr1.5$541
Lennox TSA048S41-3Split system, ducted13.4 kW cooling1,691 kWh/yr1.5$541
Lennox TSA048S4N42M/CH33-44/48B-2F-3Split system, ducted13.4 kW cooling1,691 kWh/yr1.5$541
Olimpia Splendid 02449Portable5.3 kW cooling1,702 kWh/yr0$545
Olimpia Splendid 02654 Glacier 18P WIFI AUPortable5.3 kW cooling1,702 kWh/yr0$545
Actron Air CCA150S / EAA150SSplit system, ducted14.8 kW cooling1,737 kWh/yr2$556
Lennox TSA060S4N42T/CH33-50/60C-2F-3Split system, ducted14.8 kW cooling1,756 kWh/yr1.5$562
Lennox TSA060S41-1/CH33-50/60C-2F-3Split system, ducted14.8 kW cooling1,756 kWh/yr1.5$562
Lennox TSA060S41-1Split system, ducted14.8 kW cooling1,756 kWh/yr1.5$562
Diamond RT 015Packaged, ducted15 kW cooling1,837 kWh/yr1.5$588
Bonaire CRC6943021/CRC6940121Split system, ducted19.6 kW cooling1,881 kWh/yr2.5$602
Actron Air CCA170T / EAA170SSplit system, ducted16.7 kW cooling1,894 kWh/yr2$606
Braemar KCHV160D1B/KACV160D1SSplit system, ducted16 kW cooling1,956 kWh/yr1.5$626
Actron Air CCA170S / EAA170SSplit system, ducted16.5 kW cooling1,969 kWh/yr2$630
Diamond RT017Packaged, ducted17 kW cooling2,192 kWh/yr1.5$701
Lennox TSA060S4N42M/CH33-62D-2F-3Split system, ducted17 kW cooling2,201 kWh/yr1.5$704
Lennox TSA060S41-3Split system, ducted17 kW cooling2,201 kWh/yr1.5$704
Lennox TSA060S41-3/CH33-62D-2F-3Split system, ducted17 kW cooling2,201 kWh/yr1.5$704
Diamond SD017Split system, ducted17 kW cooling2,262 kWh/yr1.5$724
Actron Air CCA200T / EAA200SSplit system, ducted18.6 kW cooling2,266 kWh/yr1.5$725
Diamond RT 018Packaged, ducted18 kW cooling2,308 kWh/yr1.5$739
Actron Air CCA230T / EAA230SSplit system, ducted22.1 kW cooling2,563 kWh/yr2$820
Coolmaster TCCF23C3S/AOCF23C-SSplit system, ducted23.3 kW cooling2,783 kWh/yr2$891
Diamond RT 023Packaged, ducted23.9 kW cooling2,918 kWh/yr1.5$934
Diamond SD023Split system, ducted23 kW cooling2,954 kWh/yr1.5$945
Diamond RT 026Packaged, ducted26 kW cooling3,224 kWh/yr1.5$1,032
Diamond sd025Split system, ducted26 kW cooling3,307 kWh/yr1.5$1,058
Diamond RT 030Packaged, ducted30 kW cooling3,733 kWh/yr1.5$1,195
Diamond SD032NSplit system, ducted32 kW cooling4,098 kWh/yr1.5$1,311
Diamond RT035Packaged, ducted35 kW cooling4,292 kWh/yr1.5$1,373
Diamond SD035Split system, ducted35 kW cooling4,531 kWh/yr1.5$1,450