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Chest freezer · 1 door
Chiq CCF254WE Freezer
Chiq CCF254WE is a 254 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF2955).
- Total capacity
- 254 L
- 254 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.02
- Annual electricity use
- 192 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $63 / year
- $5.28 / month · $634 over 10 years
37% less electricity than the median of 31 comparable 250–349 L chest freezer registrations (303 kWh a year). It uses less than 87% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $37 a year less than the median, $366 over 10 years.
Uses 50% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (381 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 250–349 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.
Chiq CCF254WE running cost
- Per month
- $5.28
- Per year
- $63
- 5 years
- $317
- 10 years
- $634
192 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
- 254 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 254 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 454 L
- freezer compartment
- 254 L gross, 166 L net
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.
Freezers similar to the Chiq CCF254WE
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heller HCFH250 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 243 L | 4 | 216 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAH246LCHF* 3% smaller, same door count | 246 L | 3 | 279 | 3% smaller, same door count |
| Kogan KAH246LCHFF 3% smaller, same door count | 246 L | 3 | 279 | 3% smaller, same door count |
| Konic KNF-243W 3% smaller, same door count | 246 L | 3 | 279 | 3% smaller, same door count |
| Eurotech ED-CF251WH.2 3% smaller, same door count | 246 L | 3 | 279 | 3% smaller, same door count |
| Parmco CF246W 3% smaller, same door count | 246 L | 3 | 279 | 3% smaller, same door count |
| Solt GGSCF233FF 8% smaller, same door count | 233 L | 4 | 225 | 8% smaller, same door count |
| Mykin MCF233FFW 8% smaller, same door count | 233 L | 4 | 225 | 8% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 254 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Chiq CCF254WE specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,040 mm
- Height
- 835 mm
- Depth
- 556 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 192 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.021
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 381 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.423
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2955
- GEMS registration id
- 150930
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 6 November 2027
- 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. How the derived figures are calculated.