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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 (4)

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cooling only air conditioners
ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Rinnai HONCJ26B1 / HINCJ26B1Split system2.6 kW cooling125 kWh/yr7$40
Hitachi RAC-DJ25PCAT/RAK-DJ25PCATSplit system2.5 kW cooling141 kWh/yr5.5$45
Daikin RKM25YVMA / FTKM25YVMASplit system2.5 kW cooling143 kWh/yr5.5$46
Daikin RKM25QVMA / FTKM25QVMASplit system2.5 kW cooling145 kWh/yr5.5$46
Cooling only Air conditioners: Energy Ratings & Running Costs