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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 (161)

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cooling only air conditioners
ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Daikin 5MKM100R2VMAFixed10 kW cooling809 kWh/yr3.5$259
Daikin RKM95WVMA / FTKM95WVMASplit system9.5 kW cooling844 kWh/yr3$270
Daikin RKM85P2VMA / FTKM85P2VMASplit system8.5 kW cooling851 kWh/yr2.5$272
Fujitsu AOTG34CMTA/ASTG34CMTASplit system9.4 kW cooling904 kWh/yr2.5$289
Daikin RKM95P2VMA / FTKM95P2VMASplit system9.4 kW cooling944 kWh/yr2.5$302
Bonaire CRC6940012/CRC6940112Split system, ducted12 kW cooling1,017 kWh/yr3$325
Bonaire CRC6940014/CRC6940114Split system, ducted14 kW cooling1,192 kWh/yr3$381
Brivis DONSC17Z71 / DINXU17Z7Split system, ducted16.2 kW cooling1,430 kWh/yr3$458
Bonaire CRC6940017/CRC6940117Split system, ducted17 kW cooling1,431 kWh/yr3$458
Bonaire CRC6943017/CRC6940117Split system, ducted17 kW cooling1,455 kWh/yr3$466
Bonaire CRC6943021/CRC6940121Split system, ducted19.6 kW cooling1,881 kWh/yr2.5$602
Cooling only Air conditioners: Energy Ratings & Running Costs