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Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) · 4 doors
Chiq CCD601NBS Fridge
Chiq CCD601NBS is a 601 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3239).
- Total capacity
- 601 L
- 381 L fridge + 220 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.55
- Annual electricity use
- 391 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $129 / year
- $10.75 / month · $1,290 over 10 years
5% less electricity than the median of 9 comparable 600–699 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registrations (412 kWh a year). It uses less than 67% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $7 a year less than the median, $69 over 10 years.
Uses 21% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (492 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 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 CCD601NBS running cost
- Per month
- $10.75
- Per year
- $129
- 5 years
- $645
- 10 years
- $1,290
391 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
- 601 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 381 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 220 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 752 L
- two-star compartment
- 112 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 355 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 108 L gross
- chill compartment
- 26 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.
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Same type, total capacity within 12% of 601 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
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|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Sub-Zero ICBCL3650F/S/P/L 3% smaller, similar star rating | 582 L | 4.5 | 297 | 3% smaller, similar star rating |
| Sub-Zero ICBCL3650F/S/T/R 3% smaller, similar star rating | 582 L | 4.5 | 297 | 3% smaller, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 601 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Chiq CCD601NBS specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 905 mm
- Height
- 1,775 mm
- Depth
- 730 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 391 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.549
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 492 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.520
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3239
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3239
- GEMS registration id
- 158173
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 20 December 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- CCD Series
- Designation
- Cooled appliance
- Product class
- Class 5
- GEMS group
- Group 5T: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, top-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
- 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.