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Cooling only portable air conditioner
Goldair PAC1258 Heat Pump
Goldair PAC1258 is a 1.5 kW cooling only portable heat pump registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration AAC8368).
- Energy rating (cooling)
- 0
- Annual electricity use
- 313 kWh
- Estimated running cost
- $103 / year
- $9 / month · $1,033 over 10 years
- Capacity
- 1.5 kW cooling
26% 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 83% of them.
Across all 3,611 air conditioner registrations sold in Australia, it uses less than 97% (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.
Goldair PAC1258 running cost by climate zone
| Climate zone | kWh / year | Per year | 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold zone | 313 | $103 | $1,033 |
| Mixed zone | 483 | $159 | $1,594 |
| Hot zone | 1,292 | $426 | $4,264 |
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 Goldair PAC1258
Technically comparable registrations: same configuration and type, capacity within 12%.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nouveau Nouveau 1.5kW PAC1.5 kW cooling313 kWh/yr | 0 | $103 | |
| Nouveau NCPAC051.5 kW cooling313 kWh/yr | 0 | $103 | |
| Stirling PA15W11.5 kW cooling313 kWh/yr | 0 | $103 |
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Goldair PAC1258 specifications
- Type
- Cooling only
- Configuration
- Portable
- Air distribution
- Non-ducted
- Indoor unit
- –
- Rated cooling capacity (35 °C)
- 1.50 kW
- Cooling power input
- 0.57 kW
- Rated heating capacity (7 °C)
- –
- Heating power input
- –
- EER, full load (tested)
- 2.62
- COP, full load (tested)
- –
- Rated AEER
- 2.61
- Rated ACOP
- –
- Standby power (PIA)
- –
- Compressor
- Fixed speed
- Refrigerant
- R290
- Power supply
- Single phase
- Indoor sound power
- 64 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.
Goldair PAC1258 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 | – | 313 | – |
| Mixedresidential | residential | 0.0 | – | 483 | – |
| Hotresidential | residential | 0.0 | – | 1,292 | – |
Other model numbers on registration AAC8368
Registered together and sharing the same test results. Usually variants of the same unit.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- AAC8368
- GEMS registration id
- 163610
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 28 July 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- Goldair 1.5kW 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.