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Upright freezer · 1 door
Chiq CSH1**N** Freezer
Chiq CSH1**N** is a 122 L upright freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3376).
- Total capacity
- 122 L
- 122 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.51
- Annual electricity use
- 187 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $62 / year
- $5.14 / month · $617 over 10 years
13% more electricity than the median of 33 comparable Under 150 L upright freezer registrations (166 kWh a year). It uses less than 27% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $7 a year more than the median, $69 over 10 years.
Uses 55% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (413 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 Under 150 L upright 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 CSH1**N** running cost
- Per month
- $5.14
- Per year
- $62
- 5 years
- $309
- 10 years
- $617
187 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
- 122 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 122 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 218 L
- freezer compartment
- 122 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.
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Chiq CSH1**N** specifications
- Type
- Upright freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 475 mm
- Height
- 1,155 mm
- Depth
- 565 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 187 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.506
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 413 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.858
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3376
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3376
- GEMS registration id
- 162837
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 7 July 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- CSH1**N**
- Designation
- Freezer
- Product class
- Class 10
- GEMS group
- Group 7: vertical freezer, automatic 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 freezer, upright configuration (GEMS groups 6U or 7)
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.