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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Fisher & Paykel RF730QZUVB1 Fridge
Fisher & Paykel RF730QZUVB1 is a 690 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF2964).
- Total capacity
- 690 L
- 453 L fridge + 237 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.20
- Annual electricity use
- 463 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $153 / year
- $12.73 / month · $1,528 over 10 years
8% less electricity than the median of 43 comparable 600–699 L french door fridge freezer registrations (501 kWh a year). It uses less than 67% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $13 a year less than the median, $125 over 10 years.
Uses 29% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (649 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 600–699 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 RF730QZUVB1 running cost
- Per month
- $12.73
- Per year
- $153
- 5 years
- $764
- 10 years
- $1,528
463 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
- 690 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 453 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 237 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 876 L
- fresh food compartment
- 453 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 118 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 119 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.
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Same type, total capacity within 12% of 690 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RF600ADX1612 L336 kWh/yr | 5 | $111 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF600ADUX1612 L358 kWh/yr | 5 | $118 | |
| LG GF-B705MBL665 L394 kWh/yr | 5 | $130 | |
| Panasonic NR-XY680L618 L395 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $130 | |
| Panasonic NR-XY680L618 L395 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $130 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LA635ER-GBK-A 8% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 635 L | 4 | 441 | 8% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LA635ER-GSL-A 8% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 635 L | 4 | 441 | 8% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| LG GF-B700* 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 665 L | 4 | 460 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRF7300BA 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 649 L | 3.5 | 522 | 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRF7300SA 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 649 L | 3.5 | 522 | 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 690 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Fisher & Paykel RF730QZUVB1 specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 905 mm
- Height
- 1,900 mm
- Depth
- 748 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 463 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.199
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 649 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.528
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF2964
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2964
- GEMS registration id
- 150709
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 13 November 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- RF730Q 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.