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Costs for 0.283 €/kWh · Eurostat 2026 H1

Split air conditioners · 7.1 kW · cooling and heating

Hitachi RAS-3HVRNS3 / RCI-3.0FSN3Ei

B

Uses less electricity than 22% of the 14,301 split air conditioners, 6 kW and over on the EU register. At your selected price (European Union) that is €150 a year, €1,495 over ten years.

Cooling, SEER
4.7
Typical 6.9
Heating, SCOP
3.8
Typical 4.1
Cooling cost
€150 / year
+€583 if you also heat with it (average climate)

Uses more than most comparable models: 78 % of them need less. Snowair SNWS035VE3, the most efficient alternative on sale, saves about €110 a year. 98% of comparable models reach a better class than B; the most common is A++. Heating efficiency (SCOP 3.8) is below the typical 4.1 of its group. Hitachi has 5895 models in this group; this one is number 5405 among them.

Where it stands

Rank 11,101 of 14,301 split air conditioners, 6 kW and over by yearly consumption. 11,100 use less.

Median 402 This model · 528 0 1,700 kWh ← uses less · uses more →

Next to it in the ranking

  1. A Emmeti EDH-2813M 528 kWh same
  2. A++ Panasonic S-100PK2E5B / U-100PE1E5A 528 kWh same
  3. B Hitachi RAS-3HVRNS3 / RCI-3.0FSN3Ei 528 kWh
  4. A++ Mitsubishi Electric PKA-M50LA3-ET + PKA-M50LA3-ET / PUZ-ZM100YDA2-ET 529 kWh +€0.28
  5. A++ Mitsubishi Electric PKA-M50LA3 + PKA-M50LA3 / PUZ-ZM100YDA2 529 kWh +€0.28
See the full ranking

What it will cost you

Period RAS-3HVRNS3 / RCI-3.0FSN3Ei SNWS035VE3 Difference
1 year €150 €39 −€110
5 years €748 €195 −€552
10 years €1,495 €391 −€1,104
15 years €2,243 €586 −€1,657

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Years of use

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Cooling and heating

Cooling season 528 kWh / yr
Heating, average climate 2,059 kWh / yr

Same size, lower running cost

On sale, at least 10% less energy, same size group

Model CoolingSEER kWh / yr Saves / year in 10 years
B Hitachi RAS-3HVRNS3 / RCI-3.0FSN3Ei (this model)
7.1 kW4.7 528 — —
7.1 kW6.1 138 €110 €1,104
7.2 kW8.7 246 €80 €799
7.0 kW8.5 252 €78 €782
7.0 kW7.1 253 €78 €779
7.1 kW9.7 256 €77 €770

Label and product sheet

Energy class cooling / heating
B / A
SEER
4.7
SCOP warmer / average / colder
– / 3.8 / –
Cooling design load
7.1 kW
Heating design load (average)
5.6 kW
Yearly cooling
528 kWh
Yearly heating (average climate)
2,059 kWh
Sound power indoor / outdoor
56 / 66 dB(A)
Refrigerant
R410A (GWP 2088)

Model numbers and history

2 model numbers are registered by Hitachi with identical label values (usually colour or market variants). Searching any of them leads here.

RAS-3HVRNS3 / RCI-3.0FSN3Ei · RAS-3HVRNS3 / RCI-3.0FSN3Ek

  1. Placed on the EU market
  2. First published in the EU register (EPREL)

Questions

How much does the Hitachi RAS-3HVRNS3 / RCI-3.0FSN3Ei cost to run?

At one cooling season as on the label it uses about 528 kWh a year according to its EU energy label. At the EU average household price of 0.283 €/kWh that is about €150 a year, or €1,495 over ten years.

What do SEER and SCOP mean?

This model reaches SEER 4.7 and SCOP 3.8 in the average climate: higher is better.