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Reverse cycle portable air conditioner
TCL TAC-12CHPB/NVBp Heat Pump
TCL TAC-12CHPB/NVBp is a 3.5 kW reverse cycle portable heat pump registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration AAC8175).
- Energy rating (cooling)
- 0
- Heating: 0
- Annual electricity use
- 2,686 kWh
- 531 cooling + 2,155 heating
- Estimated running cost
- $886 / year
- $74 / month · $8,864 over 10 years
- Capacity
- 3.5 kW cooling
- 2.9 kW heating
25% less electricity than the median of 24 comparable 3.5 kW reverse cycle portable registrations (3,602 kWh a year) in the cold zone. Uses less than 96% of them.
Across all 3,611 air conditioner registrations sold in Australia, it uses less than 66% (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.
TCL TAC-12CHPB running cost by climate zone
| Climate zone | kWh / year | Per year | 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold zone | 2,686 | $886 | $8,864 |
| Mixed zone | 1,865 | $615 | $6,155 |
| Hot zone | 2,415 | $797 | $7,970 |
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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|---|---|---|---|
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| Polo PC35RWF3 kW heating3.5 kW cooling3,516 kWh/yr | 0 | $1,160 | |
| Rinnai RPC35PDRWF3 kW heating3.5 kW cooling3,499 kWh/yr | 0 | $1,155 | |
| Goldair GPPAC3002.8 kW heating3.5 kW cooling3,687 kWh/yr | 0 | $1,217 | |
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TCL TAC-12CHPB specifications
- Type
- Reverse cycle
- Configuration
- Portable
- Air distribution
- Non-ducted
- Indoor unit
- –
- Rated cooling capacity (35 °C)
- 3.50 kW
- Cooling power input
- 0.97 kW
- Rated heating capacity (7 °C)
- 2.93 kW
- Heating power input
- 0.81 kW
- EER, full load (tested)
- 3.61
- COP, full load (tested)
- 3.59
- Rated AEER
- 3.59
- Rated ACOP
- 3.62
- Standby power (PIA)
- –
- Compressor
- Variable speed
- Refrigerant
- R290
- Power supply
- Single phase
- Indoor sound power
- 63.9 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.
TCL TAC-12CHPB 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 | 531 | 2,155 |
| Mixedresidential | residential | 0.0 | 0.0 | 819 | 1,046 |
| Hotresidential | residential | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,191 | 224 |
Other model numbers on registration AAC8175
Registered together and sharing the same test results. Usually variants of the same unit.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- AAC8175
- GEMS registration id
- 160301
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 10 April 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- TAC-12CHPB/N*Bp
- 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.