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Upright freezer · 1 door
Tuscany T-BFR65WH Freezer
Tuscany T-BFR65WH is a 64 L upright freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0792).
- Total capacity
- 64 L
- 64 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.54
- Annual electricity use
- 146 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $48 / year
- $4.02 / month · $482 over 10 years
12% less electricity than the median of 33 comparable Under 150 L upright freezer registrations (166 kWh a year). It uses less than 70% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $7 a year less than the median, $66 over 10 years.
Uses 51% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (296 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 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.
Tuscany T-BFR65WH running cost
- Per month
- $4.02
- Per year
- $48
- 5 years
- $241
- 10 years
- $482
146 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
- 64 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 64 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 114 L
- freezer compartment
- 64 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.
Freezers similar to the Tuscany T-BFR65WH
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living & CO DD1-09A (TWL64) same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 64 L | 3.5 | 146 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 64 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Tuscany T-BFR65WH specifications
- Type
- Upright freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 480 mm
- Height
- 840 mm
- Depth
- 500 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 146 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.540
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 296 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.278
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0792
- GEMS registration id
- 148652
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Freezer
- Product class
- Class 9
- GEMS group
- Group 6U: vertical freezer, manual defrost
- Regulatory standard
- EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2E
- 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.