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Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Fhiaba KS600TST3A Fridge
Fhiaba KS600TST3A is a 328 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF4082).
- Total capacity
- 328 L
- 251 L fridge + 77 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.91
- Annual electricity use
- 292 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $96 / year
- $8.03 / month · $964 over 10 years
About the same electricity as the median of 59 comparable 300–399 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (293 kWh a year). It uses less than 53% of them.
Uses 44% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (521 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 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 KS600TST3A running cost
- Per month
- $8.03
- Per year
- $96
- 5 years
- $482
- 10 years
- $964
292 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
- 328 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 251 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 77 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 388 L
- freezer compartment
- 77 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 251 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 328 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liebherr CNef 4315350 L187 kWh/yr | 6 | $62 | |
| Liebherr SCNsdh 5253332 L194 kWh/yr | 6 | $64 | |
| Miele KFN 4375 DD edt/cs330 L194 kWh/yr | 6 | $64 | |
| Whirlpool WB3260IUXX290 L195 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $64 | |
| Whirlpool WB3260IU**290 L195 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $64 |
Fridges similar to the Fhiaba KS600TST3A
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosch KGN36IJ3AA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 326 L | 4 | 290 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Eurotech 352331 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 330 L | 3.5 | 330 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Bosch KGN36VI3AA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 326 L | 4 | 290 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Majestic M373RETRO same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 330 L | 3.5 | 330 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MERB430FGF02AP same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 325 L | 4 | 277 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MERB430FGF28AP same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 325 L | 4 | 277 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 328 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Fhiaba models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fhiaba XS600TST*A328 L295 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $97 | |
| Fhiaba XS600TST3A328 L295 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $97 |
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Fhiaba KS600TST3A specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 599 mm
- Height
- 2,120 mm
- Depth
- 610 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 292 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.914
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 521 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.752
- Country of manufacture
- Italy
Other model numbers on registration ARF4082
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4082
- GEMS registration id
- 179138
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 28 July 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- **600TST*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.