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Chest freezer · 1 door
Hoover HV-RCF98 Freezer
Hoover HV-RCF98 is a 98 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF2977).
- Total capacity
- 98 L
- 98 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.07
- Annual electricity use
- 187 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $62 / year
- $5.14 / month · $617 over 10 years
4% more electricity than the median of 56 comparable Under 150 L chest freezer registrations (181 kWh a year). It uses less than 45% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $2 a year more than the median, $21 over 10 years.
Uses 28% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (259 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 Under 150 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.
Hoover HV-RCF98 running cost
- Per month
- $5.14
- Per year
- $62
- 5 years
- $309
- 10 years
- $617
187 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
- 98 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 98 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 175 L
- freezer compartment
- 98 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 98 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Tested 91640493 L150 kWh/yr | 4 | $50 | |
| Heller HCFH10099 L152 kWh/yr | 4 | $50 | |
| Midea MDRC154FZE01APE99 L155 kWh/yr | 4 | $51 | |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZA99 L155 kWh/yr | 4 | $51 | |
| Stirling STR-CF99RM99 L155 kWh/yr | 4 | $51 |
Freezers similar to the Hoover HV-RCF98
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland 351101 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 98 L | 2.5 | 208 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mistral MCFH98-F, MCFH98, MCFH98W, MCFH98W-F same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 98 L | 2.5 | 208 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Imprasio IMCF100 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 98 L | 2.5 | 208 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Robinhood RHCF98 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 98 L | 2.5 | 208 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Robinhood RHCF100 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 98 L | 3 | 187 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mistral MCFH98W same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 98 L | 2.5 | 208 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HCF97W 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 97 L | 3.5 | 170 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MERC151FZFO1AP 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 99 L | 2.5 | 210 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 98 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Hoover HV-RCF98 specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 187 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.068
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 259 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.069
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2977
- GEMS registration id
- 148209
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 30 November 2027
- 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.