Australia · costs in AUD
Chest freezer · 1 door
Heller HCFH250 Freezer
Heller HCFH250 is a 243 L chest freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3336).
- Total capacity
- 243 L
- 243 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.32
- Annual electricity use
- 216 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $69 / year
- $5.76 / month · $691 over 10 years
4% more electricity than the median of 40 comparable 150–249 L chest freezer registrations (208 kWh a year). It uses less than 45% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $3 a year more than the median, $26 over 10 years.
Uses 42% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (372 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 150–249 L 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.
Heller HCFH250 running cost
- Per month
- $5.76
- Per year
- $69
- 5 years
- $346
- 10 years
- $691
216 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
- 243 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 243 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 434 L
- freezer compartment
- 243 L gross
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 243 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CCF254WE254 L192 kWh/yr | 5 | $61 |
Freezers similar to the Heller HCFH250
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solt GGSCF233FF 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 233 L | 4 | 225 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MCF233FFW 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 233 L | 4 | 225 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Chiq CCF254WE 5% larger, same door count, similar external size | 254 L | 5 | 192 | 5% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Eurotech ED-CF251WH.2 1% larger, same door count | 246 L | 3 | 279 | 1% larger, same door count |
| Kogan KAH246LCHFE 1% larger, same door count | 246 L | 3 | 279 | 1% larger, same door count |
| Kogan KAH246LCHF* 1% larger, same door count | 246 L | 3 | 279 | 1% larger, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 243 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Heller HCFH250 specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,015 mm
- Height
- 845 mm
- Depth
- 558 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 216 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.320
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 372 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.498
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3336
- GEMS registration id
- 160880
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 29 April 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. Manufacturer: gafcontrol.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.