New Zealand · costs in NZD
Cooling only portable air conditioner
Ausclimate PAC1255 Heat Pump
Ausclimate PAC1255 is a 2 kW cooling only portable heat pump registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration AAC8509).
- Energy rating (cooling)
- 0
- Annual electricity use
- 425 kWh
- Estimated running cost
- $140 / year
- $12 / month · $1,403 over 10 years
- Capacity
- 2 kW cooling
About the same electricity as the median of 29 comparable 2 kW cooling only portable registrations (425 kWh a year) in the cold zone. Uses less than 45% of them.
Across all 3,611 air conditioner registrations sold in Australia, it uses less than 96% (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 cold zone (Canberra climate: Canberra, Hobart, Ballarat, alpine areas). All of New Zealand is the cold zone on the Zoned Energy Rating Label. Cost = kWh × 33c/kWh in NZD; change the price above to your tariff.
Ausclimate PAC1255 running cost by climate zone
| Climate zone | kWh / year | Per year | 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold zone | 425 | $140 | $1,403 |
| Mixed zone | 655 | $216 | $2,162 |
| Hot zone | 1,753 | $578 | $5,785 |
At 33c/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.
Heat pumps that use less electricity
Same configuration and type, cooling capacity within 12% of 2 kW, at least 3% lower annual kWh in the cold zone.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midea MPPA20C2 kW cooling409 kWh/yr | 0 | $135 | |
| Devanti PAC-B-7000-WH2 kW cooling409 kWh/yr | 0 | $135 | |
| Onix ON-20KWPA22 kW cooling409 kWh/yr | 0 | $135 | |
| Onix ON-20KWPAW2 kW cooling409 kWh/yr | 0 | $135 | |
| Stirling PA19W12 kW cooling409 kWh/yr | 0 | $135 |
Heat pumps similar to the Ausclimate PAC1255
Technically comparable registrations: same configuration and type, capacity within 12%.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olimpia Splendid 025912 kW cooling431 kWh/yr | 0 | $142 | |
| Hyundai KAWFPAC07Y*2 kW cooling447 kWh/yr | 0 | $148 | |
| Stirling PA205W12 kW cooling428 kWh/yr | 0 | $141 | |
| Arlec PA0724TS2 kW cooling428 kWh/yr | 0 | $141 | |
| Hyundai HY07KSPACYA2 kW cooling447 kWh/yr | 0 | $148 | |
| Kogan KAWFPAC07Y*2 kW cooling447 kWh/yr | 0 | $148 | |
| TECO TPO20CFAO2 kW cooling425 kWh/yr | 0 | $140 | |
| TECO TPO20CFWAO2 kW cooling425 kWh/yr | 0 | $140 |
Compare PAC1255 with another model
Ausclimate PAC1255 specifications
- Type
- Cooling only
- Configuration
- Portable
- Air distribution
- Non-ducted
- Indoor unit
- –
- Rated cooling capacity (35 °C)
- 2.05 kW
- Cooling power input
- 0.78 kW
- Rated heating capacity (7 °C)
- –
- Heating power input
- –
- EER, full load (tested)
- 2.65
- COP, full load (tested)
- –
- Rated AEER
- 2.63
- Rated ACOP
- –
- Standby power (PIA)
- –
- Compressor
- Fixed speed
- Refrigerant
- R290
- Power supply
- Single phase
- Indoor sound power
- 63.1 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.
Ausclimate PAC1255 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 | – | 425 | – |
| Mixedresidential | residential | 0.0 | – | 655 | – |
| Hotresidential | residential | 0.0 | – | 1,753 | – |
Other model numbers on registration AAC8509
Registered together and sharing the same test results. Usually variants of the same unit.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- AAC8509
- GEMS registration id
- 165134
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 22 October 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- Ausclimate 2.05kW PAC
- 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: E3 programme registration data (EECA, New Zealand) (trans-Tasman E3 registration data published by DCCEEW on data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.