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Upright freezer · 1 door
Fhiaba S900FZ3IA Freezer
Fhiaba S900FZ3IA is a 570 L upright freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3954).
- Total capacity
- 570 L
- 570 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.51
- Annual electricity use
- 393 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $130 / year
- $10.81 / month · $1,297 over 10 years
About the same electricity as the median of 7 comparable 500 L and above upright freezer registrations (393 kWh a year). It uses less than 43% of them.
Uses 44% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (700 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 500 L and above 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.
Fhiaba S900FZ3IA running cost
- Per month
- $10.81
- Per year
- $130
- 5 years
- $648
- 10 years
- $1,297
393 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
- 570 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 570 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 1,018 L
- freezer compartment
- 570 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.
Freezers similar to the Fhiaba S900FZ3IA
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover HV-RUF510 11% smaller, same door count | 510 L | 2 | 498 | 11% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 570 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Fhiaba models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fhiaba XS900FZ6A570 L391 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $129 | |
| Fhiaba XS900FZ3A570 L391 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $129 |
Compare S900FZ3IA with another freezer
Fhiaba S900FZ3IA specifications
- Type
- Upright freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 899 mm
- Height
- 2,050 mm
- Depth
- 635 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 393 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.509
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 700 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.386
- Country of manufacture
- Italy
Other model numbers on registration ARF3954
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3954
- GEMS registration id
- 179954
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 3 June 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- *S900FZ*IA
- 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.