New Zealand · costs in NZD
Chest freezer · 2 doors
Imprasio IMCF508 Freezer
Imprasio IMCF508 is a 493 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0986).
- Total capacity
- 493 L
- 493 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 2.51
- Annual electricity use
- 443 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $146 / year
- $12.18 / month · $1,462 over 10 years
33% more electricity than the median of 18 comparable 350–499 L chest freezer registrations (333 kWh a year). It uses less than 0% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $36 a year more than the median, $365 over 10 years.
Uses 22% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (567 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 350–499 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.
Imprasio IMCF508 running cost
- Per month
- $12.18
- Per year
- $146
- 5 years
- $731
- 10 years
- $1,462
443 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
- 493 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 493 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 880 L
- freezer compartment
- 493 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 493 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF520W502 L247 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Chiq CCF****5E500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $90 | |
| Chiq CCF500W5E500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $90 | |
| Westinghouse WCE5000WA500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $90 | |
| Hisense HRCF501500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $90 |
Freezers similar to the Imprasio IMCF508
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Tested 988513 1% smaller, similar star rating | 488 L | 3 | 398 | 1% smaller, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM508CHWZA 3% larger, same door count | 508 L | 4.5 | 303 | 3% larger, same door count |
| Kogan KAM508CHWZ* 3% larger, same door count | 508 L | 4.5 | 303 | 3% larger, same door count |
| Hisense HRCF500 1% larger, similar star rating | 500 L | 3 | 405 | 1% larger, similar star rating |
| Vogue 351501 1% larger, similar star rating | 500 L | 3 | 404 | 1% larger, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WCM5000WD 1% larger, similar star rating | 500 L | 3 | 404 | 1% larger, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RC519W2 3% larger, similar star rating | 507 L | 3 | 400 | 3% larger, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WCE5000WA 1% larger | 500 L | 5 | 272 | 1% larger |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 493 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare IMCF508 with another freezer
Imprasio IMCF508 specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 443 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.510
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 567 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.503
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0986
- GEMS registration id
- 181006
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Freezer
- Product class
- Class 8
- GEMS group
- Group 6C: chest freezer
- Regulatory standard
- EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2E
- 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.