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Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) · 1 door
Chiq CBC064BG Fridge
Chiq CBC064BG is a 64 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3374).
- Total capacity
- 64 L
- 64 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 2
- Star rating index 2.03
- Annual electricity use
- 112 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $37 / year
- $3.08 / month · $370 over 10 years
12% more electricity than the median of 57 comparable Under 200 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registrations (100 kWh a year). It uses less than 37% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $4 a year more than the median, $40 over 10 years.
Uses 44% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (199 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 Under 200 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) 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.
Chiq CBC064BG running cost
- Per month
- $3.08
- Per year
- $37
- 5 years
- $185
- 10 years
- $370
112 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
- 64 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 64 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 46 L
- cellar compartment
- 64 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 wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)s that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 64 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAM66GLAFGB66 L92 kWh/yr | 3 | $30 | |
| Kogan KAM66GLAFGA66 L92 kWh/yr | 3 | $30 |
Fridges similar to the Chiq CBC064BG
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAM66GLAFGB 3% larger, same door count, similar external size | 66 L | 3 | 92 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAM66GLAFGA 3% larger, same door count, similar external size | 66 L | 3 | 92 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Vinopro FS-75SE-A0i0L3 8% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 69 L | 2 | 110 | 8% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Meisda SC68 6% larger, same door count | 68 L | 1 | 155 | 6% larger, same door count |
| Kolner fdg-yge-bc-70L 6% larger, same door count | 68 L | 1 | 155 | 6% larger, same door count |
| Airflo AFF070 9% larger, same door count | 70 L | 1 | 139 | 9% larger, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 64 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Chiq CBC064BG specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 470 mm
- Height
- 635 mm
- Depth
- 439 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 112 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.034
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 199 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 2.450
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3374
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3374
- GEMS registration id
- 162827
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 7 July 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- CBC06***
- Designation
- Cooled appliance
- Product class
- Class 2
- GEMS group
- Group 2: refrigerator with or without an ice-making compartment, manual defrost
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- Designated a cooled appliance by the registrant
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.