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Chest freezer · 1 door
Hisense HRCF501 Freezer
Hisense HRCF501 is a 500 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3408).
- Total capacity
- 500 L
- 500 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.01
- Annual electricity use
- 272 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $90 / year
- $7.48 / month · $898 over 10 years
33% less electricity than the median of 32 comparable 500 L and above chest freezer registrations (404 kWh a year). It uses less than 88% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $44 a year less than the median, $436 over 10 years.
Uses 52% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (573 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 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.
Hisense HRCF501 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
- 500 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 500 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 893 L
- freezer compartment
- 500 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 500 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF520W502 L247 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 |
Freezers similar to the Hisense HRCF501
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CCF****5E same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 500 L | 5 | 272 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Chiq CCF500W5E same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 500 L | 5 | 272 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WCM5000WD same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 500 L | 3 | 404 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Vogue 351501 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 500 L | 3 | 404 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Fisher & Paykel RC519W2 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 507 L | 3 | 400 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WCE5000WA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 500 L | 5 | 272 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HCF520W same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 502 L | 5.5 | 247 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 500 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Hisense models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRCF500500 L405 kWh/yr | 3 | $134 |
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Hisense HRCF501 specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,646 mm
- Height
- 847 mm
- Depth
- 717 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 272 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.006
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 573 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.305
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3408
- GEMS registration id
- 163664
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 August 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.