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Chest freezer · 1 door
Chiq CCF500W5E Freezer
Chiq CCF500W5E is a 500 L chest freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3555).
- Total capacity
- 500 L
- 500 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.01
- Annual electricity use
- 272 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $87 / year
- $7.25 / month · $870 over 10 years
30% less electricity than the median of 27 comparable 500 L and above chest freezer registrations (390 kWh a year). It uses less than 85% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $38 a year less than the median, $378 over 10 years.
Uses 52% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (573 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh × 32c/kWh in AUD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 500 L and above chest freezer sold in Australia, counted once per registration. Star ratings already account for size through the GEMS adjusted-volume formula; this comparison is in raw kWh against models a buyer would actually consider instead.
Chiq CCF500W5E running cost
- Per month
- $7.25
- Per year
- $87
- 5 years
- $435
- 10 years
- $870
272 kWh × 32c/kWh. No inflation or tariff change assumed. Fridges run continuously, so the label figure is a whole-year estimate under standard test conditions.
Capacity and compartments
- Total gross volume
- 500 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 500 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 893 L
- freezer compartment
- 500 L gross, 166 L net
Gross volumes exclude shelving. Fresh food = fresh food, chill and cellar compartments; frozen = freezer, two-star and ice-making (zero-star) compartments. Adjusted volume weights frozen space more heavily and is what the government uses to set the star rating for the size.
Similar chest freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 500 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF520W502 L247 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $79 |
Freezers similar to the Chiq CCF500W5E
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRCF501 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 500 L | 5 | 272 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRCF500 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 500 L | 3 | 405 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WCM5000WD same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 500 L | 3 | 404 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WCE5000WA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 500 L | 5 | 272 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HCF520W same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 502 L | 5.5 | 247 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRC698FZM01AP 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 508 L | 4.5 | 303 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 500 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Chiq models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CCF****E500 L300 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $96 | |
| Chiq CCF499BE500 L300 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $96 |
Compare CCF500W5E with another freezer
Chiq CCF500W5E specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,650 mm
- Height
- 835 mm
- Depth
- 735 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 272 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.006
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 573 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.305
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3555
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3555
- GEMS registration id
- 168531
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 13 April 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- CCF****5E
- Designation
- Freezer
- Product class
- Class 8
- GEMS group
- Group 6C: chest freezer
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- Designated a freezer, chest configuration (GEMS group 6C)
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.