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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Fisher & Paykel RF500QNU series Fridge
Fisher & Paykel RF500QNU series is a 498 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3054).
- Total capacity
- 498 L
- 324 L fridge + 174 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.75
- Annual electricity use
- 340 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $112 / year
- $9.35 / month · $1,122 over 10 years
4% less electricity than the median of 43 comparable 400–499 L french door fridge freezer registrations (356 kWh a year). It uses less than 63% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $5 a year less than the median, $53 over 10 years.
Uses 40% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (566 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 french door 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 RF500QNU series running cost
- Per month
- $9.35
- Per year
- $112
- 5 years
- $561
- 10 years
- $1,122
340 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
- 498 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 324 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 174 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 635 L
- freezer compartment
- 87 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 87 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 324 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 french door fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 498 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Gaggenau RVB477190476 L310 kWh/yr | 5 | $102 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 |
Fridges similar to the Fisher & Paykel RF500QNU series
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CFD502NBS same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 502 L | 3.5 | 433 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Chiq CFD50**** same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 502 L | 3.5 | 433 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WQE4900AA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 496 L | 4 | 395 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| TCL TRF495FH* same capacity, similar external size, similar star rating | 496 L | 5 | 314 | same capacity, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WQE4900BA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 496 L | 4 | 395 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| TCL TRF495FHW same capacity, similar external size, similar star rating | 496 L | 5 | 314 | same capacity, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 498 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 RF500QNB1498 L320 kWh/yr | 5 | $106 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF500QN series498 L320 kWh/yr | 5 | $106 |
Compare RF500QNU series with another fridge
Fisher & Paykel RF500QNU series specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 790 mm
- Height
- 1,790 mm
- Depth
- 688 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 340 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.747
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 566 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.536
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3054
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3054
- GEMS registration id
- 152679
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 23 February 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- RF500QNU 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 three or more 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.