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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
Fisher & Paykel RF505ANU series Fridge
Fisher & Paykel RF505ANU series is a 511 L french door fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3586).
- Total capacity
- 511 L
- 371 L fridge + 140 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.04
- Annual electricity use
- 313 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $100 / year
- $8.35 / month · $1,002 over 10 years
23% less electricity than the median of 72 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 93% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $30 a year less than the median, $298 over 10 years.
Uses 44% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (561 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 500–599 L french door fridge 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.
Fisher & Paykel RF505ANU series running cost
- Per month
- $8.35
- Per year
- $100
- 5 years
- $501
- 10 years
- $1,002
313 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
- 511 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 371 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 140 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 621 L
- fresh food compartment
- 371 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 140 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 french door fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 511 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 |
Fridges similar to the Fisher & Paykel RF505ANU series
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCL TRF495FHB 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 496 L | 5 | 314 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TCL TRF495FH* 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 496 L | 5 | 314 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kenmore KKFDR695X508-SS-AU same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 508 L | 4 | 388 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Panasonic NR-CW530HW 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 501 L | 4.5 | 335 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAMFREN522B 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAMFREN522C 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Panasonic NR-CW530H 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 500 L | 4.5 | 340 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 511 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Fisher & Paykel models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $100 |
Compare RF505ANU series with another fridge
Fisher & Paykel RF505ANU series specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 790 mm
- Height
- 1,725 mm
- Depth
- 707 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 313 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.036
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 561 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.504
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3586
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3586
- GEMS registration id
- 169296
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 22 May 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- RF505ANU series
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 6
- GEMS group
- Group 5B: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, bottom-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5B (frost-free fridge freezer, bottom-mounted freezer) with three or more doors
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.