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Chest freezer · 1 door
Trade Tested 976963 Freezer
Trade Tested 976963 is a 190 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0761).
- Total capacity
- 190 L
- 190 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.06
- Annual electricity use
- 203 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $67 / year
- $5.58 / month · $670 over 10 years
10% less electricity than the median of 50 comparable 150–249 L chest freezer registrations (225 kWh a year). It uses less than 60% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $7 a year less than the median, $73 over 10 years.
Uses 39% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (331 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 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.
Trade Tested 976963 running cost
- Per month
- $5.58
- Per year
- $67
- 5 years
- $335
- 10 years
- $670
203 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
- 190 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 190 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 339 L
- freezer compartment
- 190 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 190 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF195W197 L134 kWh/yr | 6 | $44 | |
| Westinghouse WCE2000WA198 L140 kWh/yr | 6 | $46 | |
| Chiq CCF201BE202 L141 kWh/yr | 6 | $47 | |
| Chiq CCF20**E202 L141 kWh/yr | 6 | $47 | |
| Hisense HRCF201200 L156 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $51 |
Freezers similar to the Trade Tested 976963
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF200FI 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 195 L | 4.5 | 188 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Coldstream CFHO200N 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 3.5 | 229 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TCL F205CFW 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 3.5 | 229 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Robinhood RHCF200 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 3.5 | 229 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Living & CO TCF198 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 3.5 | 229 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Heller ECF200 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 3.5 | 229 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Aucma BD-206NA 5% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 200 L | 4 | 209 | 5% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Heller HCFH200 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 194 L | 4 | 198 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 190 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Trade Tested 976963 specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 950 mm
- Height
- 845 mm
- Depth
- 564 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 203 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.055
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 331 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.598
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0761
- GEMS registration id
- 142437
- 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.