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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
Artusi AINT8900FD Fridge
Artusi AINT8900FD is a 439 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3810).
- Total capacity
- 439 L
- 278 L fridge + 161 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.01
- Annual electricity use
- 449 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $148 / year
- $12.35 / month · $1,482 over 10 years
26% more electricity than the median of 43 comparable 400–499 L french door fridge freezer registrations (356 kWh a year). It uses less than 7% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $31 a year more than the median, $307 over 10 years.
Uses 23% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (583 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 french door 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 AINT8900FD running cost
- Per month
- $12.35
- Per year
- $148
- 5 years
- $741
- 10 years
- $1,482
449 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
- 439 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 278 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 161 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 567 L
- freezer compartment
- 161 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 257 L gross, 50 L net
- chill compartment
- 21 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 french door fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 439 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAT412BMFWA412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| TCL TRF440BHB412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| TCL C440BFS412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Kogan KAT412BMFWC412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Gaggenau RVB477190476 L310 kWh/yr | 5 | $102 |
Fridges similar to the Artusi AINT8900FD
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casa CASAFI439W same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 439 L | 3 | 447 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Casa CASAFI439S same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 439 L | 3 | 447 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Omega OIFDF439 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 439 L | 3 | 447 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Smeg BMAU30RI 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 449 L | 2.5 | 464 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RS80AU1 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 417 L | 3 | 411 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RS80A1 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 417 L | 3 | 411 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM431FRSF* 2% smaller, similar star rating | 431 L | 3 | 418 | 2% smaller, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 439 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Artusi models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artusi AINT8900FDI439 L490 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $162 |
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Artusi AINT8900FD specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 890 mm
- Height
- 1,920 mm
- Depth
- 557 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 449 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.011
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 583 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.792
- Country of manufacture
- China
Related Artusi model numbers starting with AINT8900FD
1 model numbers on 1 other registration. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.
| Model | Registration | Stars | kWh / yr | Registration expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AINT8900FDI | ARF3600 | 2.5 | 490 | 9 June 2030 |
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3810
- GEMS registration id
- 176588
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 16 February 2031
- 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 three or more 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.