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Bottom-mount fridge freezer ยท 2 doors
Eurotech 352293 Fridge
Eurotech 352293 is a 293 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0928).
- Total capacity
- 293 L
- 210 L fridge + 83 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.00
- Annual electricity use
- 226 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $75 / year
- $6.22 / month ยท $746 over 10 years
7% less electricity than the median of 55 comparable 200โ299 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (244 kWh a year). It uses less than 58% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $6 a year less than the median, $59 over 10 years.
Uses 52% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (471 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh ร 33c/kWh in NZD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 200โ299 L bottom-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.
Eurotech 352293 running cost
- Per month
- $6.22
- Per year
- $75
- 5 years
- $373
- 10 years
- $746
226 kWh ร 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
- 293 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 210 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 83 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 358 L
- freezer compartment
- 83 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 210 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 bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 293 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RB6018BRV269 L132 kWh/yr | 7 | $44 | |
| V-zug CCO6T-51149282 L173 kWh/yr | 6 | $57 | |
| Whirlpool WB3260IUBL290 L195 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $64 | |
| Whirlpool WB3260IU**290 L195 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $64 | |
| Chiq CBM280NB5E283 L200 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $66 |
Fridges similar to the Eurotech 352293
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RS6019BRU1 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 303 L | 5 | 244 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Whirlpool WB3260IUXX 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 290 L | 5.5 | 195 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Whirlpool WB3260IUBL 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 290 L | 5.5 | 195 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Chiq CBM280NB5E 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 283 L | 5.5 | 200 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Chiq CBM282NBS5E 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 283 L | 5.5 | 200 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Konka KRF-314W 6% larger, same door count, similar external size | 310 L | 2.5 | 360 | 6% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Konka KRF-314SS 6% larger, same door count, similar external size | 310 L | 2.5 | 360 | 6% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Panasonic NR-BC321BUH8 10% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 322 L | 5 | 238 | 10% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 293 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Eurotech 352293 specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- โ
- Width
- 600 mm
- Height
- 1,860 mm
- Depth
- 605 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 226 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.001
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 471 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.631
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0928
- GEMS registration id
- 171191
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- New Zealand
- Family
- โ
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 6
- GEMS group
- Group 5B: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, bottom-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2E
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5B (frost-free fridge freezer, bottom-mounted freezer) with one or two 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. Manufacturer: tradedepot.co.nz. How the derived figures are calculated.