Australia · costs in AUD
Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Yokohama YOKF198W Fridge
Yokohama YOKF198W is a 198 L top-mount fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3029).
- Total capacity
- 198 L
- 144 L fridge + 54 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 2.51
- Annual electricity use
- 293 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $94 / year
- $7.81 / month · $938 over 10 years
23% more electricity than the median of 13 comparable Under 200 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (238 kWh a year). It uses less than 0% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $18 a year more than the median, $176 over 10 years.
Uses 16% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (347 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 top-mount 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.
Yokohama YOKF198W running cost
- Per month
- $7.81
- Per year
- $94
- 5 years
- $469
- 10 years
- $938
293 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
- 198 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 144 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 54 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 240 L
- fresh food compartment
- 144 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 54 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 top-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 198 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM202NW5E202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $58 | |
| Chiq CTM201NB5E202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $58 | |
| Hisense HRTF206S205 L196 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $63 | |
| Hisense HRTF206205 L196 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $63 | |
| Haier HRF210TW208 L201 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $64 |
Fridges similar to the Yokohama YOKF198W
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinhood RHTMF221 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 2.5 | 293 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Tuscany T-RF221WH same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 2.5 | 293 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Robinhood RHTMF221X same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 2.5 | 293 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF220T Series same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 198 L | 3.5 | 240 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Haier HRF220TS3-LH same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 198 L | 3.5 | 240 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Esatto ETM203W 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 203 L | 3 | 272 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF203*NTDM 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 203 L | 3 | 272 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF203WNTDM 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 203 L | 3 | 272 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 198 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Yokohama YOKF198W specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 500 mm
- Height
- 1,430 mm
- Depth
- 600 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 293 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.505
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 347 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.219
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3029
- GEMS registration id
- 152259
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 26 January 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 5
- GEMS group
- Group 5T: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, top-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 5T (frost-free fridge freezer, top-mounted freezer)
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.