Waysos Compact Aire 3K is Illegal and Non-Compliant

Failure to be listed in the NRCan Searchable Product List

In Canada, all air-conditioning and heat-pump systems must be listed in the NRCan database. In fact, it is illegal to import or sell a unit that is not listed. At the time of this publication, March 16, 2026, the Waysos Compact Aire 3K was not listed in the NRCan Searchable Product List.

Failure to meet NRCan Minimum Efficiency Requirements

Waysos Compact Aire 3K has a published rated capacity of 12,000 BTU in its brochure. Under federal law, any 12,000 BTU heat pump in this class must meet a 13.4 SEER2 or 9.3 CEER minimum to be legally sold, installed, or used in Canada. Waysos Compact Aire 3K publishes a fake SEER2 value in their documentation because the unit cannot meet the required 13.4 SEER2 when tested in a certified lab. This alone renders the units illegal.

Miscalculated Performance Numbers

Waysos misrepresents even the fabricated numbers it publishes for Compact Aire 3K in both heating and cooling.

In Cooling

• Cooling Capacity: 12,000 BTU
• Power Input: 1,209 W

Using their own watt input: 12,000 ÷ 1,209= EER 9.93. Yet, Waysos Compact Aire 3K has a published EER of 10.5. Fraudulently lists the cooling capacity as 12,000 BTU with an EER of 10.5. When calculating the numbers, the EER of 9.93 is illegal. Can’t these cheaters do simple math??!!

In Heating

• Heating Capacity: 11,970 BTU
• Power Input: 947 W

Using their own watt input: 11,970 ÷ 3.412 (BTU to W) ÷ 947 = 3.70 COP. Yet, Waysos Compact Aire 3K fraudulently publishes 3.5 COP. The calculated number looked too good to be real. None of the numbers they publish is consistent with their own data.

Fraudulent and Fake Numbers

The 12,000 BTU capacity they claim in printed brochures and technical documents, along with the 10.5 EER2 and 15.5 SEER2 ratings for the Waysos Compact Aire 3K, are fake and fraudulent. When tested in a lab, this unit will not produce 12,000 BTU and a 10.5 EER or a 15.5 SEER2. So, even ignoring the misclassification and wrong ratings, the actual numbers they claim are fake.

Here’s where it gets interesting. The manufacturer, Zymbo (China), lists the same numbers with the same mathematical errors. Zymbo claims the same unit, called Dolphin 40, has the same 12,000 BTU and a different efficiency of 10.5 EER. What’s even more fascinating is that Zymbo’s own internal calculations are inconsistent.

Here’s what Zymbo publishes:

In Cooling

• Cooling Capacity: 12,000 BTU
• Power Input: 1,209 W

Using their own watt input: 12,000 ÷ 1,209 = EER 9.93. Yet, Zymbo publishes 10.5 EER. The cooling capacity is fraudulently listed as 12,000 BTU with an EER of 10.5. When calculating the numbers, the EER2 is really 9.93, which is illegal.

Zymbo is manipulating the numbers. The numbers they initially published were too good to be true, so they simply “dumbed down” the efficiency and presented lower efficiency values. When Waysos published its own figures, it used the real (but still fake) numbers that Zymbo publishes when uploading data to the DOE website, then decided that a SEER2-to-15.5 looked good and appeared compliant.

For the Waysos Compact Aire 3K, the claimed 12,000 BTU capacity and 10.5 EER rating are false. When tested in a lab, this unit will not produce 12,000 BTU and an EER of 10.5. So, even ignoring the misclassifications and incorrect ratings, the actual numbers they claim are fake and inconsistent with expected test results.

Regulatory Violation Summary: Waysos Compact Aire 3K

Waysos Compact Aire 3K is illegal to distribute, specify, install, or use in the United States and Canada. Waysos's published cooling and heating efficiency numbers are fabricated, mathematically impossible, and directly contradict what proper testing would show. Waysos Compact Aire 3K fails to meet DOE and NRCan minimum efficiency requirements under every applicable classification.

These ratings cannot be made up. They must be established through testing in a genuine laboratory under the correct DOE and NRCan test procedures.

Submitting falsified efficiency data to a government database is not a path to compliance. It is a separate and aggravated violation — constituting the filing of false information with a federal regulator.