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Bar fridge · 1 door
Chiq CSR046DW Fridge
Chiq CSR046DW is a 46 L bar fridge registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3202).
- Total capacity
- 46 L
- 46 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.57
- Annual electricity use
- 88 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $28 / year
- $2.35 / month · $282 over 10 years
12% less electricity than the median of 167 comparable Under 200 L bar fridge registrations (100 kWh a year). It uses less than 78% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $4 a year less than the median, $38 over 10 years.
Uses 56% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (199 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 Under 200 L bar fridge 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 CSR046DW running cost
- Per month
- $2.35
- Per year
- $28
- 5 years
- $141
- 10 years
- $282
88 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
- 46 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 46 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 46 L
- fresh food compartment
- 46 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 bar fridges that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 46 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HRF40UW242 L78 kWh/yr | 4 | $25 | |
| Hisense HRBF4645 L80 kWh/yr | 4 | $26 | |
| Schmick HUS-BC46B-RET46 L80 kWh/yr | 4 | $26 | |
| Schmick HUS-BC46W-RET46 L80 kWh/yr | 4 | $26 |
Fridges similar to the Chiq CSR046DW
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devanti BF-F-48L-* 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 45 L | 3 | 97 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Devanti BF-F-48L-WH 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 45 L | 3 | 97 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Stirling STR-CBF46LMG same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 46 L | 3 | 97 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Schmick HUS-BC46B-RET same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 46 L | 4 | 80 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Schmick HUS-BC46B2 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 46 L | 4 | 80 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Norj NBF46S1 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 45 L | 3 | 97 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRBF46 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 45 L | 4 | 80 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Norj NBF46 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 45 L | 3 | 97 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 46 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Chiq CSR046DW specifications
- Type
- Bar fridge
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 470 mm
- Height
- 496 mm
- Depth
- 447 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 88 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.566
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 199 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.913
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3202
- GEMS registration id
- 156771
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 20 September 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator
- Product class
- Class 2
- GEMS group
- Group 2: refrigerator with or without an ice-making compartment, manual defrost
- 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 refrigerator (GEMS groups 1 to 3) with a total volume under 200 L
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.