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Chest freezer · 1 door
Heller HCFH200 Freezer
Heller HCFH200 is a 194 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3329).
- Total capacity
- 194 L
- 194 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.23
- Annual electricity use
- 198 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $65 / year
- $5.45 / month · $653 over 10 years
12% less electricity than the median of 50 comparable 150–249 L chest freezer registrations (225 kWh a year). It uses less than 62% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $9 a year less than the median, $89 over 10 years.
Uses 41% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (334 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 150–249 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.
Heller HCFH200 running cost
- Per month
- $5.45
- Per year
- $65
- 5 years
- $327
- 10 years
- $653
198 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
- 194 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 194 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 346 L
- freezer compartment
- 194 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 chest freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 194 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF195W197 L134 kWh/yr | 6 | $44 | |
| Westinghouse WCE2000WA198 L140 kWh/yr | 6 | $46 | |
| Chiq CCF20**E202 L141 kWh/yr | 6 | $47 | |
| Chiq CCF201BE202 L141 kWh/yr | 6 | $47 | |
| Hisense HRCF201200 L156 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $51 |
Freezers similar to the Heller HCFH200
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artic ACFH200 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 194 L | 4 | 198 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Haier HCF194W same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 194 L | 4 | 207 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Konka KHF-202W2 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 194 L | 4 | 198 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WCM2000WE 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 200 L | 3.5 | 231 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRCF199 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 200 L | 3.5 | 225 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Midea MERC280FZF01APE 2% larger, same door count, similar external size | 198 L | 3 | 255 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Husky HUS-198CHE.1 2% larger, same door count, similar external size | 198 L | 3 | 255 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Haier HCF200FI same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 195 L | 4.5 | 188 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 194 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Heller HCFH200 specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 818 mm
- Height
- 835 mm
- Depth
- 558 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 198 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.229
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 334 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.572
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3329
- GEMS registration id
- 160879
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 April 2029
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. Manufacturer: gafcontrol.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.