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Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) · 1 door
Dometic C60S* Fridge
Dometic C60S* is a 49 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3047).
- Total capacity
- 49 L
- 49 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.56
- Annual electricity use
- 64 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $21 / year
- $1.76 / month · $211 over 10 years
36% less 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 91% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $12 a year less than the median, $119 over 10 years.
Uses 72% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (229 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.
Dometic C60S* running cost
- Per month
- $1.76
- Per year
- $21
- 5 years
- $106
- 10 years
- $211
64 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
- 49 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 49 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 35 L
- cellar compartment
- 49 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.
Fridges similar to the Dometic C60S*
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Husky SC-46.1 2% smaller, same door count | 48 L | 2.5 | 95 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Husky CKK48-238-GULF.1 2% smaller, same door count | 48 L | 2.5 | 95 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Airflo AFF046 2% smaller, same door count | 48 L | 1 | 122 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Living & CO BC-47F-F-53H 8% smaller, same door count | 45 L | 3 | 97 | 8% smaller, same door count |
| Inalto IBC44B 10% smaller, same door count | 44 L | 3.5 | 75 | 10% smaller, same door count |
| Inalto IBC44S 10% smaller, same door count | 44 L | 3.5 | 75 | 10% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 49 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Dometic models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dometic C60G249 L80 kWh/yr | 3 | $26 | |
| Dometic C60G*49 L80 kWh/yr | 3 | $26 |
Compare C60S* with another fridge
Dometic C60S* specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 490 mm
- Height
- 565 mm
- Depth
- 510 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 64 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.560
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 229 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.829
- Country of manufacture
- China
Related Dometic model numbers starting with C60S
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C60SFS CARE | ARF3325 | 3.5 | 89 | 15 April 2029 |
Other model numbers on registration ARF3047
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3047
- GEMS registration id
- 152577
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 February 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- C60S*
- Designation
- Cooled appliance
- Product class
- Class 1
- GEMS group
- Group 1: refrigerator without a low-temperature compartment, automatic 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.