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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
Fisher & Paykel RF522ADUSX5 Fridge
Fisher & Paykel RF522ADUSX5 is a 487 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3570).
- Total capacity
- 487 L
- 345 L fridge + 142 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.35
- Annual electricity use
- 429 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $142 / year
- $11.80 / month · $1,416 over 10 years
21% more electricity than the median of 43 comparable 400–499 L french door fridge freezer registrations (356 kWh a year). It uses less than 19% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $24 a year more than the median, $241 over 10 years.
Uses 22% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (553 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 RF522ADUSX5 running cost
- Per month
- $11.80
- Per year
- $142
- 5 years
- $708
- 10 years
- $1,416
429 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
- 487 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 345 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 142 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 599 L
- fresh food compartment
- 345 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 142 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 487 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 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 RF522ADUSX5
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panasonic NR-XZ550H 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 482 L | 4.5 | 328 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| TCL TRF495FHC 2% larger, same door count, similar external size | 496 L | 5 | 314 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| TCL TRF495FHS 2% larger, same door count, similar external size | 496 L | 5 | 314 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Samsung Electronics SRF5500B same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 488 L | 3 | 435 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRF5700SD same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 488 L | 3 | 435 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF520F Series same capacity, same door count | 489 L | 4.5 | 336 | same capacity, same door count |
| Haier HRF520FS same capacity, same door count | 489 L | 4.5 | 336 | same capacity, same door count |
| Electrolux EHE5267SC same capacity, same door count | 491 L | 4 | 353 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 487 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare RF522ADUSX5 with another fridge
Fisher & Paykel RF522ADUSX5 specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 790 mm
- Height
- 1,720 mm
- Depth
- 660 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 429 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.348
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 553 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.717
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF3570
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3570
- GEMS registration id
- 169207
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 May 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- RF522A 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.