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Reverse cycle window / wall air conditioner
Rapta WAC27 Heat Pump
Rapta WAC27 is a 2.7 kW reverse cycle window / wall heat pump registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration AAC9484).
- Energy rating (cooling)
- 1.5
- Heating: 1
- Annual electricity use
- 1,431 kWh
- 224 cooling + 1,207 heating
- Estimated running cost
- $472 / year
- $39 / month · $4,722 over 10 years
- Capacity
- 2.7 kW cooling
- 2.4 kW heating
7% less electricity than the median of 21 comparable 2.5 kW reverse cycle window / wall registrations (1,546 kWh a year) in the cold zone. Uses less than 62% of them.
Across all 3,612 air conditioner registrations sold in Australia, it uses less than 81% (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.
Rapta WAC27 running cost by climate zone
| Climate zone | kWh / year | Per year | 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold zone | 1,431 | $472 | $4,722 |
| Mixed zone | 812 | $268 | $2,680 |
| Hot zone | 1,070 | $353 | $3,531 |
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 Rapta WAC27
Technically comparable registrations: same configuration and type, capacity within 12%.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAWDACR27TD2.4 kW heating2.7 kW cooling1,431 kWh/yr | 1.5 | $472 | |
| Bonaire CRC60000272.4 kW heating2.7 kW cooling1,431 kWh/yr | 1.5 | $472 | |
| Kogan KAWDACR27TA2.4 kW heating2.7 kW cooling1,431 kWh/yr | 1.5 | $472 | |
| Euromatic EUR-9000WAC22.4 kW heating2.7 kW cooling1,431 kWh/yr | 1.5 | $472 | |
| Heller HWA272.4 kW heating2.7 kW cooling1,431 kWh/yr | 1.5 | $472 | |
| Dimplex DCB092.4 kW heating2.7 kW cooling1,431 kWh/yr | 1.5 | $472 | |
| Midea MWFF28H2.5 kW heating2.8 kW cooling1,546 kWh/yr | 2 | $510 | |
| Midea MWFF26H2.5 kW heating2.8 kW cooling1,546 kWh/yr | 2 | $510 |
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Rapta WAC27 specifications
- Type
- Reverse cycle
- Configuration
- Window / wall
- Air distribution
- Non-ducted
- Indoor unit
- –
- Rated cooling capacity (35 °C)
- 2.70 kW
- Cooling power input
- 0.82 kW
- Rated heating capacity (7 °C)
- 2.40 kW
- Heating power input
- 0.69 kW
- EER, full load (tested)
- 3.28
- COP, full load (tested)
- 3.41
- Rated AEER
- 3.27
- Rated ACOP
- 3.45
- Standby power (PIA)
- 1.7 W
- Compressor
- Fixed speed
- Refrigerant
- R32
- Power supply
- Single phase
- Indoor sound power
- 52.8 dB(A)
- Outdoor sound power
- 62.8 dB(A)
- 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.
Rapta WAC27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldcommercial | commercial | – | – | 503 | 396 |
| Coldresidential | residential | 1.5 | 1.0 | 224 | 1,207 |
| Mixedcommercial | commercial | – | – | 626 | 212 |
| Mixedresidential | residential | 1.5 | 1.0 | 339 | 473 |
| Hotcommercial | commercial | – | – | 1,361 | 46 |
| Hotresidential | residential | 2.0 | 1.0 | 997 | 73 |
Part-load test points (6 values)
- h__h2_full_cap_power_rated
- 640 W
- h__h3_have_full_cap_results
- No
- h__h2_full_cap_heat_cap_rated
- 1800 W
- c__low_temp_full_cap_power_rated
- 730 W
- c__low_temp_have_full_cap_results
- Yes
- c__low_temp_full_cap_cooling_cap_rated
- 2900 W
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- AAC9484
- GEMS registration id
- 173203
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 9 October 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- [SEER Non Multi-Split <=65kW] GEMS (Air Conditioners up to 65kW) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 3823.1.1:2012
- MEPS
- 2019
- Product class
- Class 5
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.