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Upright freezer · 1 door
Haier HVF275DC Freezer
Haier HVF275DC is a 276 L upright freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3603).
- Total capacity
- 276 L
- 276 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.02
- Annual electricity use
- 200 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $66 / year
- $5.50 / month · $660 over 10 years
24% less electricity than the median of 31 comparable 250–349 L upright freezer registrations (263 kWh a year). It uses less than 74% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $21 a year less than the median, $208 over 10 years.
Uses 59% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (492 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.
Haier HVF275DC running cost
- Per month
- $5.50
- Per year
- $66
- 5 years
- $330
- 10 years
- $660
200 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
- 276 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 276 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 493 L
- freezer compartment
- 276 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 276 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miele FNS 4782 E edt/cs278 L178 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $59 | |
| Miele FNS 4382 E edt/cs278 L178 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $59 | |
| Liebherr SFNsdh 5227278 L178 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $59 | |
| Liebherr SFNbsh 5267278 L181 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $60 |
Freezers similar to the Haier HVF275DC
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liebherr SGNPbs 4365 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 277 L | 5 | 199 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Liebherr SGNPes 4365 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 277 L | 5 | 199 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Miele FNS 4782 E edt/cs same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 278 L | 5.5 | 178 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Miele FNS 4382 E edt/cs same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 278 L | 5.5 | 178 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TCL P272SDS same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 274 L | 2.5 | 328 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Vogue 355309 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 274 L | 2.5 | 328 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAHFRZU274B same capacity, same door count | 274 L | 3.5 | 269 | same capacity, same door count |
| Kogan KAHFRZU274A same capacity, same door count | 274 L | 3.5 | 269 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 276 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare HVF275DC with another freezer
Haier HVF275DC specifications
- Type
- Upright freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 600 mm
- Height
- 1,775 mm
- Depth
- 742 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 200 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.018
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 492 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.406
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3603
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3603
- GEMS registration id
- 169760
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 16 June 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- HVF275D series
- 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.