New Zealand · costs in NZD
Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Artusi AFBM462X Fridge
Artusi AFBM462X is a 427 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3088).
- Total capacity
- 427 L
- 313 L fridge + 115 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.12
- Annual electricity use
- 335 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $111 / year
- $9.21 / month · $1,106 over 10 years
8% more electricity than the median of 70 comparable 400–499 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (309 kWh a year). It uses less than 33% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $9 a year more than the median, $86 over 10 years.
Uses 36% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (526 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 400–499 L bottom-mount fridge 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.
Artusi AFBM462X running cost
- Per month
- $9.21
- Per year
- $111
- 5 years
- $553
- 10 years
- $1,106
335 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
- 427 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 313 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 115 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 517 L
- fresh food compartment
- 313 L gross, 206 L net
- freezer compartment
- 115 L gross, 50 L net
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 bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 427 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRBM418E417 L153 kWh/yr | 8 | $50 | |
| Haier HRF420BEC433 L155 kWh/yr | 8 | $51 | |
| Hisense HRBM418D417 L187 kWh/yr | 7 | $62 | |
| Electrolux EBE4302SE425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 | |
| Electrolux EBE4302BE425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 |
Fridges similar to the Artusi AFBM462X
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurotech ED-RFB428SS same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 427 L | 4 | 335 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Liebherr CNPef 4516 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 422 L | 3.5 | 342 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Liebherr CBNsdh 7653 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 423 L | 6 | 228 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Miele KFN 4776 ED 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 433 L | 5.5 | 241 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Kelvinator KBM4502** same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 425 L | 3.5 | 377 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kelvinator KBM4502WC same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 425 L | 3.5 | 377 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Robinhood RHBMF459MSD 8% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 459 L | 4 | 365 | 8% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Omega OIFFBM427 same capacity, same door count | 427 L | 5.5 | 254 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 427 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Artusi AFBM462X specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 760 mm
- Height
- 1,860 mm
- Depth
- 750 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 335 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.123
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 526 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.648
- Country of manufacture
- Türkiye
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3088
- GEMS registration id
- 152290
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 11 April 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 6
- GEMS group
- Group 5B: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, bottom-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- IEC 62552-3:2015
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5B (frost-free fridge freezer, bottom-mounted freezer) with one or two doors
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.