Australia · costs in AUD
Chest freezer · 2 doors
Kogan KAM508CHWZB Freezer
Kogan KAM508CHWZB is a 508 L chest freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3960).
- Total capacity
- 508 L
- 508 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.51
- Annual electricity use
- 303 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $97 / year
- $8.08 / month · $970 over 10 years
22% less electricity than the median of 27 comparable 500 L and above chest freezer registrations (390 kWh a year). It uses less than 74% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $28 a year less than the median, $278 over 10 years.
Uses 48% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (579 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.
Kogan KAM508CHWZB running cost
- Per month
- $8.08
- Per year
- $97
- 5 years
- $485
- 10 years
- $970
303 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
- 508 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 508 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 907 L
- freezer compartment
- 508 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 508 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF520W502 L247 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $79 | |
| Chiq CCF500W5E500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $87 | |
| Hisense HRCF501500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $87 | |
| Chiq CCF499B5E500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $87 | |
| Westinghouse WCE5000WA500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $87 |
Freezers similar to the Kogan KAM508CHWZB
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midea MDRC698FZM01AP same capacity, similar star rating | 508 L | 4.5 | 303 | same capacity, similar star rating |
| Chiq CCF499B5E 2% smaller, similar star rating | 500 L | 5 | 272 | 2% smaller, similar star rating |
| Chiq CCF****5E 2% smaller, similar star rating | 500 L | 5 | 272 | 2% smaller, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WCE5000WA 2% smaller, similar star rating | 500 L | 5 | 272 | 2% smaller, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRCF501 2% smaller, similar star rating | 500 L | 5 | 272 | 2% smaller, similar star rating |
| Haier HCF524W3 same capacity | 504 L | 3.5 | 360 | same capacity |
| Haier HCF520W 1% smaller | 502 L | 5.5 | 247 | 1% smaller |
| Westinghouse WCM5000WD 2% smaller | 500 L | 3 | 404 | 2% smaller |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 508 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare KAM508CHWZB with another freezer
Kogan KAM508CHWZB specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 303 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.505
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 579 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.334
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3960
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3960
- GEMS registration id
- 179968
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 8 June 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KAM508CHWZ*
- 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. How the derived figures are calculated.