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Reverse cycle Heat pumps: Energy Use & Running Costs

3,278 currently registered reverse cycle heat pumps (heat and cool), 4,888 model numbers, compared by the label’s annual electricity use and star rating.

Registered models
3,278
4,888 model numbers
Median annual electricity use
4,207 kWh
mixed 2,346 · hot 2,762
Median estimated running cost
$1,388 / year
middle half: $826 to $2,404
Median star rating
3.0
range 0.0 to 10.0

Cold climate zone, residential profile, one entry per registration. Lowest annual use in the set: 630 kWh; highest: 128,718 kWh.

Star rating distribution

Cooling star ratings, reverse cycle air conditioners (3,278 registrations, cooling stars, cold zone). Click a bar to list models with at least that rating.

Lowest annual electricity use

  1. TCL TAC-06CHSD/VEIH 630 kWh, 3.5 stars, 1.78 kW
  2. TCL TAC-06CHSD/TPG31IH 632 kWh, 4 stars, 1.78 kW
  3. Hitachi RAC-VJ25NHAE/RAI-VJ25RHAE 653 kWh, 4 stars, 2.5 kW
  4. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries DXC05ZTLA-WJ / DXK05ZTLA-WFJ 704 kWh, 1.5 stars, 1.5 kW
  5. Comfee CASG-XG20/CASN-XG20 708 kWh, 5.5 stars, 2 kW
  6. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries DXC05ZTLA-W/DXK05ZTLA-W 711 kWh, 1.5 stars, 1.5 kW
  7. Kaden KSI06 718 kWh, 5.5 stars, 2 kW
  8. Midea MFAB-20WC/MFAB-20NC 718 kWh, 5.5 stars, 2 kW
  9. Midea MFXP20W/MFXP20N 718 kWh, 5.5 stars, 2 kW
  10. Daikin RXM20AVMA / FTXM20AVMA 725 kWh, 6 stars, 2.2 kW

All reverse cycle heat pumps (325)

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reverse cycle air conditioners
ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Midea MFEP50VB-W/MFEP50VB-NSplit system6 kW heating5 kW cooling2,147 kWh/yr5.5$709
Actron Air WRC-050DS / WRE-050DSSplit system6 kW heating5 kW cooling2,147 kWh/yr5.5$709
Midea MFAB-50WD/MFAB-50NDSplit system6 kW heating5 kW cooling2,160 kWh/yr5$713
Hisense HAW*18KRSplit system5.8 kW heating5.1 kW cooling2,162 kWh/yr5$713
Hisense HAWH18KRSplit system5.8 kW heating5.1 kW cooling2,162 kWh/yr5$713
Hisense HAWU18KRSplit system5.8 kW heating5.1 kW cooling2,162 kWh/yr5$713
Hitachi RAC-VJ50PHAT/RAK-VJ50PHATSplit system6 kW heating5 kW cooling2,234 kWh/yr5$737
Haier 1U50WAEFRA / AS50QDEHRASplit system6 kW heating5 kW cooling2,325 kWh/yr5.5$767
LG AH18S2U / AH18S2NSplit system6 kW heating5 kW cooling2,327 kWh/yr5$768
Rinnai HONRPX60/HINRPX60MSplit system6.5 kW heating6 kW cooling2,417 kWh/yr5$798
Midea MFEZ60VA-W/MFEZ60VA-NSplit system6.5 kW heating6 kW cooling2,417 kWh/yr5$798
Daikin RXM60AVMA / FTXM60AVMASplit system7.2 kW heating6 kW cooling2,420 kWh/yr5$799
Daikin RXM60WVMA / FTXM60WVMASplit system7.2 kW heating6 kW cooling2,466 kWh/yr5$814
Midea MFEP60VB-W/MFEP60VB-NSplit system6.6 kW heating6 kW cooling2,517 kWh/yr5$831
Actron Air WRC-060DS / WRE-060DSSplit system6.6 kW heating6 kW cooling2,517 kWh/yr5$831
Solar Acdc DGWA5-ACDCBLW-24KR2Split system7 kW heating6.5 kW cooling2,612 kWh/yr5$862
LG WH21SLU-23 / WH21SLN-23Split system7 kW heating6.1 kW cooling2,741 kWh/yr5$905
Pioneer International HPR-24A2Split system7 kW heating6.7 kW cooling2,915 kWh/yr5$962
Haier 1U71WAEFRA / AS71QEEHRASplit system8 kW heating7.1 kW cooling3,174 kWh/yr5$1,047
Brivis AONSR13B1/AINHU11B1Split system, ducted11.3 kW heating10.3 kW cooling3,713 kWh/yr5$1,225
Emerald ACSS76Split system9.6 kW heating7.6 kW cooling3,800 kWh/yr5$1,254
Brivis AONSR15B1/AINHU15B1Split system, ducted15.7 kW heating13.6 kW cooling5,308 kWh/yr5$1,752
Fujitsu AOTG65LRLA/ARTG65LHTASplit system, ducted20 kW heating18 kW cooling7,679 kWh/yr10$2,534
Midea MDV-V244WN1(AU)-RMulti-split / VRF24.4 kW heating20 kW cooling8,242 kWh/yr5$2,720
Midea MDV-V244WN1(AU)-AMulti-split / VRF24.4 kW heating20 kW cooling8,242 kWh/yr5$2,720