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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Westinghouse WQE5650SA Fridge
Westinghouse WQE5650SA is a 564 L french door fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF2921).
- Total capacity
- 564 L
- 411 L fridge + 153 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.03
- Annual electricity use
- 406 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $130 / year
- $10.83 / month · $1,299 over 10 years
About the same electricity as the median of 72 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 40% of them.
Uses 36% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (635 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 500–599 L french door 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.
Westinghouse WQE5650SA running cost
- Per month
- $10.83
- Per year
- $130
- 5 years
- $650
- 10 years
- $1,299
406 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
- 564 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 411 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 153 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 684 L
- fresh food compartment
- 411 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 153 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 french door fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 564 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $100 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANUX1511 L313 kWh/yr | 5 | $100 |
Fridges similar to the Westinghouse WQE5650SA
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrolux EQE5657WA same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 562 L | 4 | 406 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Electrolux EQE5657SA same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 562 L | 4 | 406 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LX564ER-GSL-A same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 564 L | 4 | 385 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LX564ER-GWH-A same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 564 L | 4 | 385 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hitachi R-WB640VT0X-1 MGW same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 569 L | 4 | 425 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hitachi R-WB640VT0-1 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 569 L | 4 | 425 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Bosch KFD96AXEAA 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 574 L | 4 | 425 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Bosch KFI96AXEAA 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 574 L | 4 | 425 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 564 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Westinghouse WQE5650SA specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- Yes
- Width
- 1,795 mm
- Height
- 896 mm
- Depth
- 723 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 406 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.025
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 635 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.593
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF2921
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2921
- GEMS registration id
- 149704
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 6 September 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- WQE5650**
- 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 three or more 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. Manufacturer: electrolux.co.th. How the derived figures are calculated.