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Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Fisher & Paykel E/RF522B Series Fridge
Fisher & Paykel E/RF522B Series is a 494 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3569).
- Total capacity
- 494 L
- 348 L fridge + 146 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.07
- Annual electricity use
- 376 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $124 / year
- $10.34 / month · $1,241 over 10 years
22% more electricity than the median of 70 comparable 400–499 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (309 kWh a year). It uses less than 19% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $22 a year more than the median, $221 over 10 years.
Uses 32% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (557 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.
Fisher & Paykel E running cost
- Per month
- $10.34
- Per year
- $124
- 5 years
- $620
- 10 years
- $1,241
376 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
- 494 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 348 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 146 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 609 L
- fresh food compartment
- 348 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 146 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 494 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 EBE500***496 L254 kWh/yr | 6 | $84 | |
| Electrolux EBE5002SE496 L254 kWh/yr | 6 | $84 |
Fridges similar to the Fisher & Paykel E
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilve R76FDAU/SS 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 499 L | 4 | 380 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRBM503S 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 503 L | 4.5 | 349 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Electrolux EBE5002BE same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 496 L | 6 | 254 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WBE5002SE same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 496 L | 5 | 309 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Electrolux EBE5002SD same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 496 L | 6 | 254 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Hisense HRBM503E 2% larger, same door count, similar external size | 503 L | 8 | 174 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 494 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Fisher & Paykel models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RF522WDRUX5490 L378 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $125 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF522WDRX5490 L378 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $125 |
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Fisher & Paykel E specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 790 mm
- Height
- 1,720 mm
- Depth
- 660 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 376 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.068
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 557 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.618
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF3569
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3569
- GEMS registration id
- 169206
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 May 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- E/RF522B Series
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.