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Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Fhiaba BKI7490TST6A Fridge
Fhiaba BKI7490TST6A is a 440 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3124).
- Total capacity
- 440 L
- 335 L fridge + 105 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 2.81
- Annual electricity use
- 435 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $144 / year
- $11.96 / month · $1,436 over 10 years
41% more electricity than the median of 70 comparable 400–499 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (309 kWh a year). It uses less than 4% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $42 a year more than the median, $416 over 10 years.
Uses 17% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (527 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 400–499 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.
Fhiaba BKI7490TST6A running cost
- Per month
- $11.96
- Per year
- $144
- 5 years
- $718
- 10 years
- $1,436
435 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
- 440 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 335 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 105 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 522 L
- fresh food compartment
- 335 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 105 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 440 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRBM418E417 L153 kWh/yr | 8 | $50 | |
| Haier HRF420BEC433 L155 kWh/yr | 8 | $51 | |
| Hisense HRBM418D417 L187 kWh/yr | 7 | $62 | |
| Electrolux EBE4302BE425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 | |
| Electrolux EBE4302SE425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 |
Fridges similar to the Fhiaba BKI7490TST6A
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artusi AINT7600 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 449 L | 2 | 488 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Artusi AINT7600IW 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 449 L | 2 | 488 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| V-zug CCO6T-51115 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 440 L | 3.5 | 372 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Fisher & Paykel RS7621WLUE1 3% larger, same door count, similar external size | 455 L | 5.5 | 274 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Fisher & Paykel RS7621WRUE1 3% larger, same door count, similar external size | 455 L | 5.5 | 274 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| LG GB-B400MB same capacity, same door count | 436 L | 5.5 | 261 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 440 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Fhiaba models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fhiaba XS750TGT3IA440 L371 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $122 | |
| Fhiaba XS750HST6A440 L371 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $122 |
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Fhiaba BKI7490TST6A specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 749 mm
- Height
- 2,120 mm
- Depth
- 635 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 435 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.813
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 527 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.833
- Country of manufacture
- Italy
Other model numbers on registration ARF3124
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3124
- GEMS registration id
- 149468
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 June 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- ***7490T*T*A
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 6
- GEMS group
- Group 5B: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, bottom-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
- 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.