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Cooling only portable air conditioner
Excelair EPA58023W Air Conditioner
Excelair EPA58023W is a 2.3 kW cooling only portable air conditioner registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration AAC8393).
- Energy rating (cooling)
- 0
- Annual electricity use
- 773 kWh
- Estimated running cost
- $247 / year
- $21 / month · $2,474 over 10 years
- Capacity
- 2.3 kW cooling
8% less electricity than the median of 58 comparable 2.5 kW cooling only portable registrations (840 kWh a year) in the mixed zone. Uses less than 91% of them.
Across all 3,680 air conditioner registrations sold in Australia, it uses less than 83% (this compares very different sizes, so the cohort figure above is the useful one).
Annual kWh is the government label figure for a residential user in the mixed zone (Richmond NSW climate: Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth). Mixed climate zone shown by default (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth); switch to cold or hot. Cost = kWh × 32c/kWh in AUD; change the price above to your tariff.
Excelair EPA58023W running cost by climate zone
| Climate zone | kWh / year | Per year | 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold zone | 501 | $160 | $1,603 |
| Mixed zone | 773 | $247 | $2,474 |
| Hot zone | 2,067 | $661 | $6,614 |
At 32c/kWh. Formula: cost = annual kWh × price. The kWh figure is the label’s residential estimate for that zone; commercial-profile figures are in the specifications.
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|---|---|---|---|
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Excelair EPA58023W specifications
- Type
- Cooling only
- Configuration
- Portable
- Air distribution
- Non-ducted
- Indoor unit
- –
- Rated cooling capacity (35 °C)
- 2.30 kW
- Cooling power input
- 0.92 kW
- Rated heating capacity (7 °C)
- –
- Heating power input
- –
- EER, full load (tested)
- 2.58
- COP, full load (tested)
- –
- Rated AEER
- 2.50
- Rated ACOP
- –
- Standby power (PIA)
- –
- Compressor
- Fixed speed
- Refrigerant
- R290
- Power supply
- Single phase
- Indoor sound power
- 62.2 dB(A)
- Outdoor sound power
- –
- Demand response (AS/NZS 4755)
- –
- Country of manufacture
- China
Dimensions are not collected for registrations under the 2019 Determination, so they are shown only where the source has them.
Excelair EPA58023W zoned energy rating figures
As published for each climate zone. Residential figures drive the star ratings; commercial figures assume a commercial usage pattern.
| Zone | Profile | Cooling stars | Heating stars | Cooling kWh | Heating kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldresidential | residential | 0.0 | – | 501 | – |
| Mixedresidential | residential | 0.0 | – | 773 | – |
| Hotresidential | residential | 0.0 | – | 2,067 | – |
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- AAC8393
- GEMS registration id
- 163365
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 13 August 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- [Unitary Single-Duct] GEMS (Air Conditioners up to 65kW) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 3823.1.5:2015
- MEPS
- 2019
- Product class
- Class 4
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.