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Upright freezer · 1 door
Gaggenau RF461306 Freezer
Gaggenau RF461306 is a 344 L upright freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3231).
- Total capacity
- 344 L
- 344 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.02
- Annual electricity use
- 272 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $90 / year
- $7.48 / month · $898 over 10 years
3% more electricity than the median of 31 comparable 250–349 L upright freezer registrations (263 kWh a year). It uses less than 36% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $3 a year more than the median, $30 over 10 years.
Uses 53% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (580 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 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.
Gaggenau RF461306 running cost
- Per month
- $7.48
- Per year
- $90
- 5 years
- $449
- 10 years
- $898
272 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
- 344 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 344 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 614 L
- freezer compartment
- 344 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 upright freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 344 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CSH311NWL311 L234 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $77 | |
| Chiq CSH3*****311 L234 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $77 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RS6019F2L1304 L256 kWh/yr | 4 | $84 | |
| LG MP-F324324 L256 kWh/yr | 4 | $84 | |
| LG GP-F324MBL324 L256 kWh/yr | 4 | $84 |
Freezers similar to the Gaggenau RF461306
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fhiaba RS600FZ6IA 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 348 L | 3.5 | 282 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Fhiaba KS600FZ3A 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 348 L | 3.5 | 282 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Liebherr EGN 9271 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 352 L | 3.5 | 292 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Liebherr EFNh 9671 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 352 L | 3.5 | 292 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| V-zug FR6T-53006 1% larger, same door count | 348 L | 2.5 | 359 | 1% larger, same door count |
| Fisher & Paykel RS6121FLJK1 2% smaller, same door count | 336 L | 2 | 398 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Fisher & Paykel RS6121F series 2% smaller, same door count | 336 L | 2 | 398 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| LG MP-F324 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 324 L | 4 | 256 | 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 344 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Gaggenau RF461306 specifications
- Type
- Upright freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- 560 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 272 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.022
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 580 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.443
- Country of manufacture
- Türkiye
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3231
- GEMS registration id
- 158320
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 4 December 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.