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Bar fridge · 1 door
Seiki SC-100AU8CH Fridge
Seiki SC-100AU8CH is a 99 L bar fridge registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3537).
- Total capacity
- 99 L
- 99 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.02
- Annual electricity use
- 83 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $27 / year
- $2.21 / month · $266 over 10 years
17% less electricity than the median of 167 comparable Under 200 L bar fridge registrations (100 kWh a year). It uses less than 88% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $5 a year less than the median, $54 over 10 years.
Uses 59% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (204 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.
Seiki SC-100AU8CH running cost
- Per month
- $2.21
- Per year
- $27
- 5 years
- $133
- 10 years
- $266
83 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
- 99 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 99 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 99 L
- fresh food compartment
- 99 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 bar fridges that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 99 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF97W97 L70 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $22 |
Fridges similar to the Seiki SC-100AU8CH
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenmore KKCF99L-W-AU same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto ECF99B same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Stirling STR-CF99RM same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZ* same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Solt GGSCF99* same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto ECF99* same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Solt GGSCF99W same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZD same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 99 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Seiki SC-100AU8CH specifications
- Type
- Bar fridge
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 547 mm
- Height
- 850 mm
- Depth
- 446 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 83 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.019
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 204 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.838
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3537
- GEMS registration id
- 167941
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 11 March 2030
- 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. Manufacturer: ayonz.com. How the derived figures are calculated.