New Zealand · costs in NZD
Cooling only portable air conditioner
TCL TAC-16CPB/NU Heat Pump
TCL TAC-16CPB/NU is a 4.6 kW cooling only portable heat pump registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration AAC6807).
- Energy rating (cooling)
- 0
- Annual electricity use
- 948 kWh
- Estimated running cost
- $313 / year
- $26 / month · $3,128 over 10 years
- Capacity
- 4.6 kW cooling
About the same electricity as the median of 12 comparable 5 kW cooling only portable registrations (951 kWh a year) in the cold zone. Uses less than 50% of them.
Across all 3,611 air conditioner registrations sold in Australia, it uses less than 90% (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-16CPB running cost by climate zone
| Climate zone | kWh / year | Per year | 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold zone | 948 | $313 | $3,128 |
| Mixed zone | 1,462 | $482 | $4,825 |
| Hot zone | 3,910 | $1,290 | $12,903 |
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 that use less electricity
Same configuration and type, cooling capacity within 12% of 4.6 kW, at least 3% lower annual kWh in the cold zone.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KASIPAC14YA4.1 kW cooling758 kWh/yr | 0 | $250 | |
| Kogan KASIPAC14YC4.1 kW cooling758 kWh/yr | 0 | $250 | |
| TECO TPO42CVWAH4.2 kW cooling763 kWh/yr | 0 | $252 | |
| TCL TAC-14CPB/NW4.1 kW cooling828 kWh/yr | 0 | $273 | |
| TECO TPO41CFWUDT4.1 kW cooling828 kWh/yr | 0 | $273 |
Heat pumps similar to the TCL TAC-16CPB
Technically comparable registrations: same configuration and type, capacity within 12%.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polo PN46CWF4.6 kW cooling948 kWh/yr | 0 | $313 | |
| TECO TPO46CFWAT4.6 kW cooling948 kWh/yr | 0 | $313 | |
| Olimpia Splendid Elite 164.6 kW cooling948 kWh/yr | 0 | $313 | |
| Olimpia Splendid 020984.7 kW cooling954 kWh/yr | 0 | $315 | |
| Arlec PA1622HA4.7 kW cooling933 kWh/yr | 0 | $308 | |
| Kogan KAWFPAC16YC4.7 kW cooling1,025 kWh/yr | 0 | $338 | |
| Dimplex DCP16C4.5 kW cooling981 kWh/yr | 0 | $324 | |
| Kogan KAWFPAC16YD4.7 kW cooling1,025 kWh/yr | 0 | $338 |
Compare TAC-16CPB/NU with another model
TCL TAC-16CPB specifications
- Type
- Cooling only
- Configuration
- Portable
- Air distribution
- Non-ducted
- Indoor unit
- –
- Rated cooling capacity (35 °C)
- 4.60 kW
- Cooling power input
- 1.74 kW
- Rated heating capacity (7 °C)
- –
- Heating power input
- –
- EER, full load (tested)
- 2.78
- COP, full load (tested)
- –
- Rated AEER
- 2.64
- Rated ACOP
- –
- Standby power (PIA)
- –
- Compressor
- Fixed speed
- Refrigerant
- R290
- Power supply
- Single phase
- Indoor sound power
- 64.8 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-16CPB 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 | – | 948 | – |
| Mixedresidential | residential | 0.0 | – | 1,462 | – |
| Hotresidential | residential | 0.0 | – | 3,910 | – |
Other model numbers on registration AAC6807
Registered together and sharing the same test results. Usually variants of the same unit.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- AAC6807
- GEMS registration id
- 144294
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 4 July 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- TAC-16CPB/N*
- 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.