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Bar fridge · 1 door
Haier HCF97W Fridge
Haier HCF97W is a 97 L bar fridge registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3461).
- Total capacity
- 97 L
- 97 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 5.5
- Star rating index 5.84
- Annual electricity use
- 70 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $22 / year
- $1.87 / month · $224 over 10 years
30% less electricity than the median of 167 comparable Under 200 L bar fridge registrations (100 kWh a year). It uses less than 98% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $10 a year less than the median, $96 over 10 years.
Uses 67% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (211 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.
Haier HCF97W running cost
- Per month
- $1.87
- Per year
- $22
- 5 years
- $112
- 10 years
- $224
70 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
- 97 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 97 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 97 L
- fresh food compartment
- 97 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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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esatto ECF99B 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Stirling STR-CF99RM 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZC 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Solt GGSCF99* 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto ECF99* 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Solt GGSCF99W 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Seiki SC-100AU8CH 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZD 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 97 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Haier HCF97W specifications
- Type
- Bar fridge
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 545 mm
- Height
- 845 mm
- Depth
- 490 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 70 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.843
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 211 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.722
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3461
- GEMS registration id
- 164987
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 20 October 2029
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.