New Zealand · costs in NZD
Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Artusi AINT7600IW Fridge
Artusi AINT7600IW is a 449 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3248).
- Total capacity
- 449 L
- 323 L fridge + 126 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 2
- Star rating index 2.45
- Annual electricity use
- 488 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $161 / year
- $13.42 / month · $1,610 over 10 years
58% more electricity than the median of 70 comparable 400–499 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (309 kWh a year). It uses less than 0% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $59 a year more than the median, $591 over 10 years.
Uses 15% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (577 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 AINT7600IW running cost
- Per month
- $13.42
- Per year
- $161
- 5 years
- $805
- 10 years
- $1,610
488 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
- 449 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 323 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 126 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 552 L
- freezer compartment
- 126 L gross, 50 L net
- chill compartment
- 56 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 267 L gross, 206 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 449 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 EBE4302BE425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 | |
| Electrolux EBE4302SE425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 |
Fridges similar to the Artusi AINT7600IW
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RS7621WLUE1 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 455 L | 5.5 | 274 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Fisher & Paykel RS7621WRUE1 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 455 L | 5.5 | 274 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Fhiaba XS750TST3IA 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 440 L | 3.5 | 371 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Fhiaba XS750HST6A 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 440 L | 3.5 | 371 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| V-zug CCO6T-51115 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 440 L | 3.5 | 372 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Beko BBMB445PX same capacity, same door count | 445 L | 4.5 | 326 | same capacity, same door count |
| Beko BBMB445PDX same capacity, same door count | 445 L | 4.5 | 326 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 449 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Artusi models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artusi AINT7600449 L488 kWh/yr | 2 | $161 |
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Artusi AINT7600IW specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Fixed time controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 756 mm
- Height
- 2,123 mm
- Depth
- 592 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 488 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.448
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 577 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.884
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3248
- GEMS registration id
- 158964
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 8 January 2029
- 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
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- 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.