Australia · costs in AUD
Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) · 1 door
Makita CW003G Fridge
Makita CW003G is a 7 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF2856).
- Total capacity
- 7 L
- 7 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.95
- Annual electricity use
- 46 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $15 / year
- $1.23 / month · $147 over 10 years
58% less electricity than the median of 66 comparable Under 200 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registrations (109 kWh a year). It uses less than 99% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $20 a year less than the median, $202 over 10 years.
Uses 79% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (221 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 wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) 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.
Makita CW003G running cost
- Per month
- $1.23
- Per year
- $15
- 5 years
- $74
- 10 years
- $147
46 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
- 7 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 7 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 5 L
- cellar compartment
- 7 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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Makita CW003G specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 456 mm
- Height
- 308 mm
- Depth
- 245 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 46 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.952
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 221 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 9.200
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2856
- GEMS registration id
- 147060
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 24 May 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Cooled appliance
- Product class
- Class 1
- GEMS group
- Group 1: refrigerator without a low-temperature compartment, automatic 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 cooled appliance by the registrant
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.