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Fridge without a separate freezer · 1 door
Akai AK-202-CF Fridge
Akai AK-202-CF is a 202 L fridge without a separate freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3419).
- Total capacity
- 202 L
- 202 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.09
- Annual electricity use
- 160 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $53 / year
- $4.40 / month · $528 over 10 years
23% more electricity than the median of 52 comparable 200–299 L fridge without a separate freezer registrations (130 kWh a year). It uses less than 25% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $10 a year more than the median, $99 over 10 years.
Uses 29% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (227 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 200–299 L fridge without a separate 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.
Akai AK-202-CF running cost
- Per month
- $4.40
- Per year
- $53
- 5 years
- $264
- 10 years
- $528
160 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
- 202 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 202 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 202 L
- fresh food compartment
- 202 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 fridge without a separate freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 202 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CCF201BE202 L89 kWh/yr | 6 | $29 | |
| Chiq CCF20**E202 L89 kWh/yr | 6 | $29 | |
| Hisense HRCF201200 L98 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $32 | |
| Omega OIFFU212212 L101 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $33 | |
| Kleenmaid CZ21911212 L101 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $33 |
Fridges similar to the Akai AK-202-CF
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CCF201BE same capacity, same door count | 202 L | 6 | 89 | same capacity, same door count |
| Chiq CCF20**E same capacity, same door count | 202 L | 6 | 89 | same capacity, same door count |
| Hisense HRCF201 1% smaller, same door count | 200 L | 5.5 | 98 | 1% smaller, same door count |
| Kleenmaid CZ21911 5% larger, same door count | 212 L | 5.5 | 101 | 5% larger, same door count |
| Omega OIFFU212 5% larger, same door count | 212 L | 5.5 | 101 | 5% larger, same door count |
| Ikea FORSNÄS 40572988 5% larger, same door count | 212 L | 5.5 | 101 | 5% larger, same door count |
| Dometic RUC8408X 7% larger | 216 L | 1 | 283 | 7% larger |
| Mykin MCFDC266B 9% larger | 221 L | 5 | 143 | 9% larger |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 202 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare AK-202-CF with another fridge
Akai AK-202-CF specifications
- Type
- Fridge without a separate freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 160 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.086
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 227 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.792
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3419
- GEMS registration id
- 164090
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 27 August 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator
- Product class
- Class 2
- GEMS group
- Group 2: refrigerator with or without an ice-making compartment, manual 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 refrigerator (GEMS groups 1 to 3) with a total volume of 200 L or more
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. How the derived figures are calculated.