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Cooling only portable air conditioner
Kogan KASHPAC12YB Heat Pump
Kogan KASHPAC12YB is a 3.5 kW cooling only portable heat pump registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration AAC9022).
- Energy rating (cooling)
- 0
- Annual electricity use
- 763 kWh
- Estimated running cost
- $252 / year
- $21 / month · $2,518 over 10 years
- Capacity
- 3.5 kW cooling
4% more electricity than the median of 54 comparable 3.5 kW cooling only portable registrations (733 kWh a year) in the cold zone. Uses less than 26% of them.
Across all 3,611 air conditioner registrations sold in Australia, it uses less than 92% (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.
Kogan KASHPAC12YB running cost by climate zone
| Climate zone | kWh / year | Per year | 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold zone | 763 | $252 | $2,518 |
| Mixed zone | 1,176 | $388 | $3,881 |
| Hot zone | 3,146 | $1,038 | $10,382 |
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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Same configuration and type, cooling capacity within 12% of 3.5 kW, at least 3% lower annual kWh in the cold zone.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCL TAC-12CPB/NWBp3.5 kW cooling531 kWh/yr | 0 | $175 | |
| TCL TAC-12CPB/NYBp3.5 kW cooling531 kWh/yr | 0 | $175 | |
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| Ausclimate ACPAC3553.5 kW cooling616 kWh/yr | 0 | $203 |
Heat pumps similar to the Kogan KASHPAC12YB
Technically comparable registrations: same configuration and type, capacity within 12%.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Euromatic PAC35KW3.5 kW cooling708 kWh/yr | 0 | $234 | |
| Arlec PA1226WH3.5 kW cooling708 kWh/yr | 0 | $234 | |
| TCL TAC-12CPB/NZBp3.5 kW cooling531 kWh/yr | 0 | $175 | |
| Devanti PAC-B-12000-WH3.5 kW cooling708 kWh/yr | 0 | $234 | |
| TCL TAC-12CPB/NXBp3.5 kW cooling531 kWh/yr | 0 | $175 | |
| Polo PC35CWF3.5 kW cooling670 kWh/yr | 0 | $221 | |
| Solt GGSAP3500W3.5 kW cooling670 kWh/yr | 0 | $221 | |
| Bonaire PRC70000353.5 kW cooling708 kWh/yr | 0 | $234 |
Compare KASHPAC12YB with another model
Kogan KASHPAC12YB specifications
- Type
- Cooling only
- Configuration
- Portable
- Air distribution
- Non-ducted
- Indoor unit
- –
- Rated cooling capacity (35 °C)
- 3.50 kW
- Cooling power input
- 1.40 kW
- Rated heating capacity (7 °C)
- –
- Heating power input
- –
- EER, full load (tested)
- 2.51
- 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
- 64.6 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.
Kogan KASHPAC12YB 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 | – | 763 | – |
| Mixedresidential | residential | 0.0 | – | 1,176 | – |
| Hotresidential | residential | 0.0 | – | 3,146 | – |
Other model numbers on registration AAC9022
Registered together and sharing the same test results. Usually variants of the same unit.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- AAC9022
- GEMS registration id
- 170312
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 18 June 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KASHPAC12Y*
- 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.