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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Dreame DRB340WMS5AU Fridge
Dreame DRB340WMS5AU is a 345 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0976).
- Total capacity
- 345 L
- 267 L fridge + 78 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.01
- Annual electricity use
- 241 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $80 / year
- $6.63 / month · $795 over 10 years
23% less electricity than the median of 50 comparable 300–399 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (312 kWh a year). It uses less than 96% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $23 a year less than the median, $233 over 10 years.
Uses 37% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (384 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 300–399 L top-mount 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.
Dreame DRB340WMS5AU running cost
- Per month
- $6.63
- Per year
- $80
- 5 years
- $398
- 10 years
- $795
241 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
- 345 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 267 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 78 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 406 L
- fresh food compartment
- 267 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 78 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 Dreame DRB340WMS5AU
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM347NB5E same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 348 L | 5 | 241 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Chiq CTM3****** same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 348 L | 5 | 241 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WTM3400WL 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 341 L | 3.5 | 311 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Midea MDRT489MTE01AP 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 338 L | 4 | 293 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Seiki SC-338AUTMSSINV 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 338 L | 4 | 293 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Esatto ETM338X 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 338 L | 4 | 293 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Esatto ETM338W 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 338 L | 4 | 293 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Hitachi HRTN6379SXAU same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 344 L | 4.5 | 270 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 345 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Dreame DRB340WMS5AU specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 595 mm
- Height
- 1,700 mm
- Depth
- 685 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 241 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.009
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 384 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.593
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0976
- GEMS registration id
- 180247
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 5
- GEMS group
- Group 5T: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, top-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2E
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5T (frost-free fridge freezer, top-mounted freezer)
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.