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Chest freezer · 1 door
Aucma BD-500AF Freezer
Aucma BD-500AF is a 428 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3631).
- Total capacity
- 428 L
- 428 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.23
- Annual electricity use
- 292 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $96 / year
- $8.03 / month · $964 over 10 years
12% less electricity than the median of 18 comparable 350–499 L chest freezer registrations (333 kWh a year). It uses less than 78% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $13 a year less than the median, $134 over 10 years.
Uses 43% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (517 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh × 33c/kWh in NZD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 350–499 L chest freezer sold in New Zealand, 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.
Aucma BD-500AF running cost
- Per month
- $8.03
- Per year
- $96
- 5 years
- $482
- 10 years
- $964
292 kWh × 33c/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
- 428 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 428 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 764 L
- freezer compartment
- 428 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 chest freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 428 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF420W418 L224 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $74 | |
| Polar Refrigeration GP897-A378 L260 kWh/yr | 4 | $86 | |
| Polar Refrigeration GH337-A378 L280 kWh/yr | 4 | $92 |
Freezers similar to the Aucma BD-500AF
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRCF439 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 440 L | 3.5 | 342 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM418CHWZA 2% smaller, same door count | 418 L | 3 | 368 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Midea MDRC564FZF01AP 2% smaller, same door count | 418 L | 3 | 368 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Kogan KAM418CHWZ* 2% smaller, same door count | 418 L | 3 | 368 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Haier HCF420W 2% smaller, same door count | 418 L | 5.5 | 224 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Robinhood RCFA395WH 8% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 395 L | 3.5 | 323 | 8% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Polar Refrigeration GP897-A 12% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 378 L | 4 | 260 | 12% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Polar Refrigeration GH337-A 12% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 378 L | 4 | 280 | 12% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 428 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare BD-500AF with another freezer
Aucma BD-500AF specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,412 mm
- Height
- 910 mm
- Depth
- 760 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 292 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.233
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 517 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.382
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3631
- GEMS registration id
- 169791
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 3 July 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Freezer
- Product class
- Class 8
- GEMS group
- Group 6C: chest freezer
- 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 freezer, chest configuration (GEMS group 6C)
Source: E3 programme registration data (EECA, New Zealand) (trans-Tasman E3 registration data published by DCCEEW on data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. Manufacturer: aucmaoverseas.com. How the derived figures are calculated.