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Upright freezer · 1 door
Midea MDRU333FGF02AP Freezer
Midea MDRU333FGF02AP is a 238 L upright freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3712).
A newer registration of this model exists: ZRF0844.
- Total capacity
- 238 L
- 238 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 2.52
- Annual electricity use
- 306 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $101 / year
- $8.42 / month · $1,010 over 10 years
30% more electricity than the median of 69 comparable 150–249 L upright freezer registrations (236 kWh a year). It uses less than 3% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $23 a year more than the median, $231 over 10 years.
Uses 34% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (465 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.
Midea MDRU333FGF02AP running cost
- Per month
- $8.42
- Per year
- $101
- 5 years
- $505
- 10 years
- $1,010
306 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
- 238 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 238 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 425 L
- freezer compartment
- 238 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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Same type, total capacity within 12% of 238 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inalto IUFF238W same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 238 L | 2.5 | 306 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto EUF268W same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 238 L | 2.5 | 306 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Inalto IUFF238B same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 238 L | 2.5 | 306 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto EUF268S same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 238 L | 2.5 | 306 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRVF240 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 240 L | 3 | 279 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WFB2804WB same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 240 L | 3 | 279 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
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| Living & CO DD1-33A (TWL242) 2% larger, same door count, similar external size | 242 L | 3.5 | 253 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 238 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Midea MDRU333FGF02AP specifications
- Type
- Upright freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 595 mm
- Height
- 1,722 mm
- Depth
- 632 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 306 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.515
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 465 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.720
- Country of manufacture
- China
Related Midea model numbers starting with MDRU333FGF02AP
1 model numbers on 1 other registration. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.
| Model | Registration | Stars | kWh / yr | Registration expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDRU333FGF02AP | ZRF0844 | 2.5 | 306 | n/a |
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3712
- GEMS registration id
- 173532
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 13 October 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.