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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Bosch KFN96AXEAA Fridge
Bosch KFN96AXEAA is a 605 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF4161).
- Total capacity
- 605 L
- 405 L fridge + 200 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.55
- Annual electricity use
- 395 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $130 / year
- $10.86 / month · $1,304 over 10 years
21% less electricity than the median of 43 comparable 600–699 L french door fridge freezer registrations (501 kWh a year). It uses less than 84% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $35 a year less than the median, $350 over 10 years.
Uses 35% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (610 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 600–699 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 KFN96AXEAA running cost
- Per month
- $10.86
- Per year
- $130
- 5 years
- $652
- 10 years
- $1,304
395 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
- 605 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 405 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 200 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 762 L
- fresh food compartment
- 405 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 200 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 605 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF600ADX1612 L336 kWh/yr | 5 | $111 | |
| Liebherr Msdh 9012577 L339 kWh/yr | 5 | $112 | |
| TCL TRF576FH*575 L345 kWh/yr | 5 | $114 | |
| TCL TRF576FHB575 L345 kWh/yr | 5 | $114 |
Fridges similar to the Bosch KFN96AXEAA
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whirlpool WQ70900SXX 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 594 L | 4 | 438 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Whirlpool WQ70900SBX 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 594 L | 4 | 438 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GF-MV600 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 617 L | 4 | 450 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Panasonic NR-XY680L 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 618 L | 4.5 | 395 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Panasonic NR-XY680L 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 618 L | 4.5 | 395 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Electrolux EHE6191SB same capacity, same door count | 609 L | 3.5 | 501 | same capacity, same door count |
| Hisense HRCD610_Series same capacity, same door count | 609 L | 3 | 542 | same capacity, same door count |
| Electrolux EQE6870** same capacity, same door count | 609 L | 3.5 | 501 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 605 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Bosch KFN96AXEAA specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 395 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.550
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 610 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.518
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF4161
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4161
- GEMS registration id
- 181899
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 30 January 2032
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KFN96
- 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.