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Upright freezer · 1 door
Liebherr EGN 9171 Freezer
Liebherr EGN 9171 is a 245 L upright freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3468).
- Total capacity
- 245 L
- 245 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.00
- Annual electricity use
- 231 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $76 / year
- $6.35 / month · $762 over 10 years
2% less electricity than the median of 69 comparable 150–249 L upright freezer registrations (236 kWh a year). It uses less than 61% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $2 a year less than the median, $17 over 10 years.
Uses 55% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (510 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 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.
Liebherr EGN 9171 running cost
- Per month
- $6.35
- Per year
- $76
- 5 years
- $381
- 10 years
- $762
231 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
- 245 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 245 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 438 L
- freezer compartment
- 245 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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 245 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Liebherr EGN 9171 specifications
- Type
- Upright freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 450 mm
- Height
- 2,126 mm
- Depth
- 610 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 231 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.004
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 510 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.528
- Country of manufacture
- Austria
Other model numbers on registration ARF3468
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3468
- GEMS registration id
- 165005
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 24 October 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- EGN EFNh
- 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. Manufacturer: liebherr.com. How the derived figures are calculated.