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Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Fhiaba RS750HST3A Fridge
Fhiaba RS750HST3A is a 440 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3768).
- Total capacity
- 440 L
- 335 L fridge + 105 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.60
- Annual electricity use
- 372 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $123 / year
- $10.23 / month · $1,228 over 10 years
20% more electricity than the median of 70 comparable 400–499 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (309 kWh a year). It uses less than 20% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $21 a year more than the median, $208 over 10 years.
Uses 34% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (567 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 RS750HST3A running cost
- Per month
- $10.23
- Per year
- $123
- 5 years
- $614
- 10 years
- $1,228
372 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 EBE4302SE425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 | |
| Electrolux EBE4302*E425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 |
Fridges similar to the Fhiaba RS750HST3A
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V-zug CCO6T-51115 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 440 L | 3.5 | 372 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Artusi AINT7600IW 2% larger, same door count, similar external size | 449 L | 2 | 488 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Artusi AINT7600 2% larger, same door count, similar external size | 449 L | 2 | 488 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Omega OIFFBM427PRO 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 427 L | 5.5 | 254 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Omega OIFFBM427 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 427 L | 5.5 | 254 | 3% smaller, 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 |
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 XS750TGT3A440 L371 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $122 | |
| Fhiaba XS750TGT6A440 L371 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $122 |
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Fhiaba RS750HST3A specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 749 mm
- Height
- 2,050 mm
- Depth
- 610 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 372 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.601
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 567 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.712
- Country of manufacture
- Italy
Other model numbers on registration ARF3768
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
- Fhiaba S750TST3A
- Fhiaba *S750**T*A
- Fhiaba KS750HST3A
- Fhiaba RS750TST6A
- Fhiaba RS750TST3A
- Fhiaba S750TST6A
- Fhiaba RS750HST6A
- Fhiaba RS750TGT3A
- Fhiaba S750TGT6A
- Fhiaba KS750HST6A
- Fhiaba RS750TGT6A
- Fhiaba S750HST6A
- Fhiaba KS750TST6A
- Fhiaba S750HST3A
- Fhiaba KS750TST3A
- Fhiaba KS750TGT3A
- Fhiaba S750TGT3A
- Fhiaba KS750TGT6A
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3768
- GEMS registration id
- 167315
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 23 November 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- *S750**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.