Australia · costs in AUD
Fridge without a separate freezer · 2 doors
Dometic RUC8408X Fridge
Dometic RUC8408X is a 216 L fridge without a separate freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF2729).
- Total capacity
- 216 L
- 170 L fridge + 46 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 1
- Star rating index 0.74
- Annual electricity use
- 283 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $91 / year
- $7.55 / month · $906 over 10 years
118% more electricity than the median of 49 comparable 200–299 L fridge without a separate freezer registrations (130 kWh a year). It uses less than 0% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $49 a year more than the median, $490 over 10 years.
Uses 28% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (393 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 200–299 L fridge without a separate 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.
Dometic RUC8408X running cost
- Per month
- $7.55
- Per year
- $91
- 5 years
- $453
- 10 years
- $906
283 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
- 216 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 170 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 46 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 243 L
- fresh food compartment
- 170 L gross
- two-star compartment
- 46 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.
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Same type, total capacity within 12% of 216 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CCF202WE202 L89 kWh/yr | 6 | $28 | |
| Chiq CCF201BE202 L89 kWh/yr | 6 | $28 | |
| Hisense HRCF201200 L98 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $31 | |
| Omega OIFFU212212 L101 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $32 | |
| Ikea FORSNÄS 40572988212 L101 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $32 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solt GGSCF226DCB 2% larger, same door count | 221 L | 5 | 143 | 2% larger, same door count |
| Mykin MCFDC266* 2% larger, same door count | 221 L | 5 | 143 | 2% larger, same door count |
| Solt GGSCF226DCW 2% larger, same door count | 221 L | 5 | 143 | 2% larger, same door count |
| Mykin MCFDC266B 2% larger, same door count | 221 L | 5 | 143 | 2% larger, same door count |
| Chiq CSH205NSS 5% smaller, similar external size | 206 L | 5 | 110 | 5% smaller, similar external size |
| Chiq CSH206NW 5% smaller, similar external size | 206 L | 5 | 110 | 5% smaller, similar external size |
| Omega OIFFU212 2% smaller | 212 L | 5.5 | 101 | 2% smaller |
| Ikea FORSNÄS 40572988 2% smaller | 212 L | 5.5 | 101 | 2% smaller |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 216 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare RUC8408X with another fridge
Dometic RUC8408X specifications
- Type
- Fridge without a separate freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 550 mm
- Height
- 1,657 mm
- Depth
- 610 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 283 kWh
- Star rating index
- 0.740
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 393 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.167
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2729
- GEMS registration id
- 140074
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 24 October 2026
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator
- Product class
- Class 3
- GEMS group
- Group 3: refrigerator with a short-term frozen food 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 of 200 L or more
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.