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Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Fhiaba XS8990TST6IA Fridge
Fhiaba XS8990TST6IA is a 556 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3121).
- Total capacity
- 556 L
- 425 L fridge + 131 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 2.99
- Annual electricity use
- 484 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $160 / year
- $13.31 / month · $1,597 over 10 years
23% more electricity than the median of 32 comparable 500–599 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (395 kWh a year). It uses less than 3% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $29 a year more than the median, $294 over 10 years.
Uses 16% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (574 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 500–599 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 XS8990TST6IA running cost
- Per month
- $13.31
- Per year
- $160
- 5 years
- $799
- 10 years
- $1,597
484 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
- 556 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 425 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 131 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 659 L
- fresh food compartment
- 425 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 131 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 556 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RF505BRNQX1515 L159 kWh/yr | 8 | $52 | |
| Haier HRF510BEC517 L169 kWh/yr | 8 | $56 | |
| Hisense HRBM503E503 L174 kWh/yr | 8 | $57 | |
| Electrolux EBE5002WE496 L254 kWh/yr | 6 | $84 | |
| Electrolux EBE5002*E496 L254 kWh/yr | 6 | $84 |
Fridges similar to the Fhiaba XS8990TST6IA
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V-zug CCO6T-51133 same capacity, same door count | 556 L | 4.5 | 341 | same capacity, same door count |
| Fisher & Paykel RS9121WLUVK5 same capacity, same door count | 555 L | 4 | 386 | same capacity, same door count |
| Fisher & Paykel RS9121WRUVE1 same capacity, same door count | 555 L | 4 | 386 | same capacity, same door count |
| Liebherr ECBN 6156 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 2 | 566 | 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM529LBMF* 5% smaller, same door count | 529 L | 3.5 | 440 | 5% smaller, same door count |
| Inalto IBM529X 5% smaller, same door count | 529 L | 3.5 | 440 | 5% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 556 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Fhiaba models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fhiaba XS901TST3A556 L404 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $133 | |
| Fhiaba XS901TST6A556 L404 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $133 |
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Fhiaba XS8990TST6IA specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 484 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.991
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 574 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.735
- Country of manufacture
- Italy
Other model numbers on registration ARF3121
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3121
- GEMS registration id
- 147437
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 June 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- *S8990T*T*IA
- 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.