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Fridge without a separate freezer · 1 door
Hisense HRCF301 Fridge
Hisense HRCF301 is a 300 L fridge without a separate freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3409).
- Total capacity
- 300 L
- 300 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 7
- Star rating index 7.09
- Annual electricity use
- 86 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $28 / year
- $2.29 / month · $275 over 10 years
47% less electricity than the median of 47 comparable 300–399 L fridge without a separate freezer registrations (161 kWh a year). It uses less than 96% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $24 a year less than the median, $240 over 10 years.
Uses 65% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (249 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 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.
Hisense HRCF301 running cost
- Per month
- $2.29
- Per year
- $28
- 5 years
- $138
- 10 years
- $275
86 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
- 300 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 300 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 300 L
- fresh food compartment
- 300 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 fridge without a separate freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 300 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF300W300 L82 kWh/yr | 7 | $26 |
Fridges similar to the Hisense HRCF301
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF300W same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 300 L | 7 | 82 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Haier HCF301W same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 300 L | 5.5 | 117 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Chiq CCF299WE same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 299 L | 6 | 105 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WCE3000WA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 300 L | 7 | 87 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Husky HUS-295CHE.1 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 290 L | 5 | 128 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Liebherr IRBPh 5170 1% smaller, same door count | 297 L | 5 | 121 | 1% smaller, same door count |
| Miele KS 7793 D 1% smaller, same door count | 296 L | 5.5 | 110 | 1% smaller, same door count |
| Omega OIFRU304 1% larger, same door count | 304 L | 5.5 | 118 | 1% larger, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 300 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Hisense HRCF301 specifications
- Type
- Fridge without a separate freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,114 mm
- Height
- 847 mm
- Depth
- 630 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 86 kWh
- Star rating index
- 7.093
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 249 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.287
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3409
- GEMS registration id
- 163682
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 August 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, 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 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.