Daikin RXF12AXVJU

Name: Daikin RXF12AXVJU
Brand: Daikin

Matched with the FTXF12AXVJU indoor unit, this system is certified by ENERGY STAR but not to the cold-climate criteria and publishes 10.20 HSPF2 and 21.00 SEER2, with 6,600 BTU/h of heating at 5°F.

Heating capacity of the Daikin RXF12AXVJU at three outdoor temperatures, in BTU per hour. Paired with FTXF12AXVJU: 6,600 at 5°F, 8,500 at 17°F, 13,500 at 47°F.

Not cold-climate certified. Paired with FTXF12AXVJU. Points are the only three heating capacities the dataset publishes for this system; the lines between them are drawn to join those points and are not measurements. ENERGY STAR Certified Heat Pumps, retrieved 2026-10-16.

HSPF210.20Btu/Wh, seasonal heating
SEER221.00Btu/Wh, seasonal cooling
COP at 5°F2.32at that test point
Capacity at 5°F6,600BTU/h
Share of 47°F capacity48.9%ours: 5°F ÷ 47°F

What these numbers are and are not. SEER2, EER2, HSPF2 and the COP at 5°F are results from a standard rating procedure, measured at fixed temperatures and airflow in a laboratory. They are not predictions for your house, your climate or your winter. Two systems with the same HSPF2 can use different amounts of electricity in the same building, and the same system will perform differently in Boston and in Atlanta. Use the published capacity at 5°F to judge whether a system still produces heat on a cold night; use HSPF2 only to compare systems with each other.

Daikin RXF12AXVJU published specifications

Every figure below is the value the dataset publishes for ENERGY STAR ID 3361209. Nothing is calculated except the two rows marked as ours.
Outdoor unit	RXF12AXVJU
Indoor unit	FTXF12AXVJU (OTERRA)
Cold-climate certified	No
ENERGY STAR Most Efficient	No
SEER2	21.00 Btu/Wh
EER2	12.50 Btu/Wh
HSPF2	10.20 Btu/Wh
Cooling capacity	12,000 BTU/h
Heating capacity at 47°F	13,500 BTU/h
Heating capacity at 17°F	8,500 BTU/h
Heating capacity at 5°F	6,600 BTU/h
COP at 5°F	2.32
Compressor staging	Continuously variable
Refrigerant	R-32
Date certified	2025-11-20
ENERGY STAR ID / AHRI reference	3361209 / 213895720
5°F capacity as a share of 47°F (ours)	48.9%
Capacity class (ours)	12,000 BTU/h nominal

Source. ENERGY STAR Certified Heat Pumps, U.S. EPA, retrieved 2026-10-16 from the dataset's Socrata API. Record identified by ENERGY STAR ID 3361209, AHRI reference 213895720. Certification partner: Daikin Comfort Technologies Manufacturing, L.P.. Model numbers are reproduced exactly as published, including the asterisks ENERGY STAR carries as the manufacturer's wildcard for trim variants.

What the published capacities say about cold weather

A heat pump moves heat from outdoor air, so the colder that air gets, the less heat there is to move. The dataset publishes capacity at three outdoor temperatures, and the shape between them is the single most useful thing on this page. For the RXF12AXVJU paired with the FTXF12AXVJU:

At 47°F it delivers 13,500 BTU/h.
At 17°F it delivers 8,500 BTU/h.
At 5°F it delivers 6,600 BTU/h, which is 48.9% of the 47°F figure.

ENERGY STAR does not list this system under its cold-climate criteria. It is still a certified heat pump; it simply was not certified against the program's additional low-temperature requirements. In a cold climate that makes the published 5°F capacity above, and any backup heat you plan for, the numbers to look at.

Running cost for a 12,000 BTU/h system like this one

Worked as an illustration, not a quote: a house that burned 600 therms of gas in a year through an 80% AFUE furnace needed about 48.0 million BTU of delivered heat. At $1.50 a therm that gas cost $900. Delivering the same heat with a heat pump rated at 10.20 HSPF2 takes 4,706 kWh, which at $0.18 a kWh costs $847. The two costs are equal at $0.191 a kWh.

Those four prices are not your prices, and HSPF2 is a rating-condition figure rather than a seasonal measurement for your climate. Change every input in the running-cost calculator, which shows each formula as it works.

Comparable systems

Same nominal capacity class (12,000 BTU/h), closest published HSPF2 to this one. Colour marks cold-climate certification.

Daikin RXF12BVJU* Cold-climate
HSPF2 10.20 · SEER2 21.00 · 9,500 BTU/h at 5°F
Daikin RXTH12AVJU* Cold-climate
HSPF2 10.20 · SEER2 20.00 · 13,500 BTU/h at 5°F
DELLA 048-C-TP-12K1V-23S-OUT Cold-climate
HSPF2 10.00 · SEER2 23.00 · 8,900 BTU/h at 5°F
DELLA 048-C-TP-12K2V-24S-OUT Cold-climate
HSPF2 10.00 · SEER2 24.00 · 9,100 BTU/h at 5°F
MDV MOX330-12HFN1-MW5W Cold-climate
HSPF2 10.00 · SEER2 23.00 · 11,000 BTU/h at 5°F

More: all 92 certified systems, or the explainer on SEER2 vs HSPF2.