New Zealand · costs in NZD
Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Fisher & Paykel RF522WDLX5 Fridge
Fisher & Paykel RF522WDLX5 is a 490 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3588).
- Total capacity
- 490 L
- 348 L fridge + 142 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 4.00
- Annual electricity use
- 378 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $125 / year
- $10.40 / month · $1,247 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 16% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $23 a year more than the median, $228 over 10 years.
Uses 32% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (554 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 RF522WDLX5 running cost
- Per month
- $10.40
- Per year
- $125
- 5 years
- $624
- 10 years
- $1,247
378 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
- 490 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 348 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 142 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 602 L
- fresh food compartment
- 348 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 bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 490 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HRF420BEC433 L155 kWh/yr | 8 | $51 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505BRNQX1515 L159 kWh/yr | 8 | $52 | |
| Haier HRF510BEC517 L169 kWh/yr | 8 | $56 | |
| Hisense HRBM503E503 L174 kWh/yr | 8 | $57 | |
| Miele KFN 4776 ED433 L241 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $80 |
Fridges similar to the Fisher & Paykel RF522WDLX5
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilve R76FDAU/SS 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 499 L | 4 | 380 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Electrolux EBE5002BE 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 496 L | 6 | 254 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Electrolux EBE5002BD-L 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 496 L | 6 | 254 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAMFREN490D same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 490 L | 3.5 | 426 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAMFREN490C same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 490 L | 3.5 | 426 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRBM503E 3% larger, same door count, similar external size | 503 L | 8 | 174 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 490 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 RF522BRPW6494 L376 kWh/yr | 4 | $124 | |
| Fisher & Paykel E522BLXFDU5494 L376 kWh/yr | 4 | $124 |
Compare RF522WDLX5 with another fridge
Fisher & Paykel RF522WDLX5 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)
- 378 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.999
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 554 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.628
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF3588
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3588
- GEMS registration id
- 169651
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 22 May 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- RF522W 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.