Australia · costs in AUD
Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Fisher & Paykel RS6019BRU1 Fridge
Fisher & Paykel RS6019BRU1 is a 303 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF2890).
- Total capacity
- 303 L
- 181 L fridge + 123 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.04
- Annual electricity use
- 244 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $78 / year
- $6.51 / month · $781 over 10 years
17% less electricity than the median of 48 comparable 300–399 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (293 kWh a year). It uses less than 81% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $16 a year less than the median, $157 over 10 years.
Uses 54% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (525 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 300–399 L bottom-mount 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 RS6019BRU1 running cost
- Per month
- $6.51
- Per year
- $78
- 5 years
- $390
- 10 years
- $781
244 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
- 303 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 181 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 123 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 400 L
- fresh food compartment
- 181 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 123 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 bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 303 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RB6018BRV269 L132 kWh/yr | 7 | $42 | |
| V-zug CCO6T-51149282 L173 kWh/yr | 6 | $55 | |
| Liebherr SCNsdh 5253332 L194 kWh/yr | 6 | $62 | |
| Miele KFN 4375 DD edt/cs330 L194 kWh/yr | 6 | $62 | |
| Whirlpool WB3260IU**290 L195 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $62 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HRF318BW 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 309 L | 4.5 | 254 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF318BS 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 309 L | 4.5 | 254 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Ikea ALINGSÅS 80567961 4% larger, same door count, similar external size | 316 L | 4 | 298 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Whirlpool WB3560EUBL 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 313 L | 5 | 220 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Whirlpool WB3560EUXX 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 313 L | 5 | 220 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRL325DMB 1% larger, same door count | 307 L | 3 | 348 | 1% larger, same door count |
| Coldstream CBR320 7% larger, same door count, similar external size | 323 L | 2.5 | 401 | 7% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WBB3100AK 2% larger, same door count | 308 L | 3.5 | 310 | 2% larger, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 303 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Fisher & Paykel RS6019BRU1 specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 592 mm
- Height
- 1,870 mm
- Depth
- 594 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 244 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.036
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 525 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.610
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2890
- GEMS registration id
- 148487
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 19 July 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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 one or two 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.