New Zealand · costs in NZD
Cooling only portable air conditioner
Dimplex DCP20 Heat Pump
Dimplex DCP20 is a 2 kW cooling only portable heat pump registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration AAC8908).
- Energy rating (cooling)
- 0
- Annual electricity use
- 419 kWh
- Estimated running cost
- $138 / year
- $12 / month · $1,383 over 10 years
- Capacity
- 2 kW cooling
1% less electricity than the median of 29 comparable 2 kW cooling only portable registrations (425 kWh a year) in the cold zone. Uses less than 55% 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.
Dimplex DCP20 running cost by climate zone
| Climate zone | kWh / year | Per year | 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold zone | 419 | $138 | $1,383 |
| Mixed zone | 646 | $213 | $2,132 |
| Hot zone | 1,728 | $570 | $5,702 |
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 similar to the Dimplex DCP20
Technically comparable registrations: same configuration and type, capacity within 12%.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyundai HY07KSPACPA2 kW cooling419 kWh/yr | 0 | $138 | |
| Devanti PAC-B-7000-WH2 kW cooling409 kWh/yr | 0 | $135 | |
| Midea MPPA20C2 kW cooling409 kWh/yr | 0 | $135 | |
| Anko FDP20-2022R52 kW cooling409 kWh/yr | 0 | $135 | |
| Onix ON-20KWPAW2 kW cooling409 kWh/yr | 0 | $135 | |
| Stirling PA19W12 kW cooling409 kWh/yr | 0 | $135 | |
| Hyundai HY07KSPACPB2 kW cooling419 kWh/yr | 0 | $138 | |
| Onix ON-20KWPA22 kW cooling409 kWh/yr | 0 | $135 |
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Dimplex DCP20 specifications
- Type
- Cooling only
- Configuration
- Portable
- Air distribution
- Non-ducted
- Indoor unit
- –
- Rated cooling capacity (35 °C)
- 2.00 kW
- Cooling power input
- 0.77 kW
- Rated heating capacity (7 °C)
- –
- Heating power input
- –
- EER, full load (tested)
- 2.62
- COP, full load (tested)
- –
- Rated AEER
- 2.60
- Rated ACOP
- –
- Standby power (PIA)
- –
- Compressor
- Fixed speed
- Refrigerant
- R290
- Power supply
- Single phase
- Indoor sound power
- 64.5 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.
Dimplex DCP20 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 | – | 419 | – |
| Mixedresidential | residential | 0.0 | – | 646 | – |
| Hotresidential | residential | 0.0 | – | 1,728 | – |
Other model numbers on registration AAC8908
Registered together and sharing the same test results. Usually variants of the same unit.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- AAC8908
- GEMS registration id
- 169440
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 25 May 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- DCP20
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.