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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Bosch KFI96AXEAA Fridge
Bosch KFI96AXEAA is a 574 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3393).
A newer registration of this model exists: ARF3418.
- Total capacity
- 574 L
- 375 L fridge + 199 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.50
- Annual electricity use
- 472 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $156 / year
- $12.98 / month · $1,558 over 10 years
16% more electricity than the median of 74 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 15% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $22 a year more than the median, $218 over 10 years.
Uses 27% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (649 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 500–599 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.
Bosch KFI96AXEAA running cost
- Per month
- $12.98
- Per year
- $156
- 5 years
- $779
- 10 years
- $1,558
472 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
- 574 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 375 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 199 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 726 L
- zero-star compartment
- 7 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 375 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 192 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 574 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANUB1511 L313 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 |
Fridges similar to the Bosch KFI96AXEAA
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beko BFR575PX same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 575 L | 3.5 | 473 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GF-VN600BM same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 576 L | 3.5 | 465 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hitachi R-WB640VT0X-1 MGW same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 569 L | 4 | 425 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Beko BFR569DDX same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 569 L | 3 | 520 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hitachi R-WB640VT0-1GBK same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 569 L | 4 | 425 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LA580ER-GSL-A 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 580 L | 4 | 423 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LA580ER-GDS-A 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 580 L | 4 | 423 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 574 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Bosch models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosch KFI96AXEAA574 L425 kWh/yr | 4 | $140 |
Compare KFI96AXEAA with another fridge
Bosch KFI96AXEAA specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- Yes
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 472 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.504
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 649 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.650
- Country of manufacture
- China
Related Bosch model numbers starting with KFI96AXEAA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KFI96AXEAA | ARF3418 | 4 | 425 | 20 August 2029 |
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3393
- GEMS registration id
- 163452
- Status
- approved, unavailable (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 25 July 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 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.