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Reverse cycle portable air conditioner
Dimplex DPRC20ECO-A Heat Pump
Dimplex DPRC20ECO-A is a 2 kW reverse cycle portable heat pump registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZAC0782).
- Energy rating (cooling)
- 0
- Heating: 0
- Annual electricity use
- 2,274 kWh
- 425 cooling + 1,849 heating
- Estimated running cost
- $750 / year
- $63 / month · $7,504 over 10 years
- Capacity
- 2 kW cooling
- 1.8 kW heating
Only 2 comparable registrations in this cohort, so no percentile is shown.
Across all 3,611 air conditioner registrations sold in Australia, it uses less than 72% (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 DPRC20ECO-A running cost by climate zone
| Climate zone | kWh / year | Per year | 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold zone | 2,274 | $750 | $7,504 |
| Mixed zone | 1,552 | $512 | $5,122 |
| Hot zone | 1,946 | $642 | $6,422 |
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.
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Dimplex DPRC20ECO-A specifications
- Type
- Reverse cycle
- 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)
- 1.77 kW
- Heating power input
- 0.69 kW
- EER, full load (tested)
- 2.65
- COP, full load (tested)
- 2.57
- Rated AEER
- 2.63
- Rated ACOP
- 2.55
- 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.
Dimplex DPRC20ECO-A 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 | 0.0 | 425 | 1,849 |
| Mixedresidential | residential | 0.0 | 0.0 | 655 | 897 |
| Hotresidential | residential | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,753 | 193 |
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZAC0782
- GEMS registration id
- 149060
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- [Unitary Single-Duct] (Air Conditioners up to 65kW) EE Regulations 2020 Schedule 2A
- 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.