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Bottom-mount fridge freezer ยท 2 doors
Fisher & Paykel RS6121W Eseries Fridge
Fisher & Paykel RS6121W Eseries is a 345 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3478).
- Total capacity
- 345 L
- 230 L fridge + 115 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.37
- Annual electricity use
- 238 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $79 / year
- $6.55 / month ยท $785 over 10 years
19% less electricity than the median of 59 comparable 300โ399 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (293 kWh a year). It uses less than 83% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $18 a year less than the median, $182 over 10 years.
Uses 56% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (537 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh ร 33c/kWh in NZD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 300โ399 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 RS6121W Eseries running cost
- Per month
- $6.55
- Per year
- $79
- 5 years
- $393
- 10 years
- $785
238 kWh ร 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
- 345 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 230 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 115 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 435 L
- fresh food compartment
- 230 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 115 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 345 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liebherr CNef 4315350 L187 kWh/yr | 6 | $62 | |
| Aeg OSC7P19ACF376 L193 kWh/yr | 6 | $64 | |
| Aeg 19CBSNV7376 L193 kWh/yr | 6 | $64 | |
| Liebherr SCNsdh 5253332 L194 kWh/yr | 6 | $64 | |
| Miele KFN 4375 DD edt/cs330 L194 kWh/yr | 6 | $64 |
Fridges similar to the Fisher & Paykel RS6121W Eseries
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fhiaba KS600TST3A 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 328 L | 3.5 | 292 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Fhiaba RS600TST6A 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 328 L | 3.5 | 292 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Haier HRF346BS 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 334 L | 4.5 | 263 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF346BW 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 334 L | 4.5 | 263 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Inalto IIFF338 1% smaller, same door count | 341 L | 3 | 362 | 1% smaller, same door count |
| Artusi AINT7000 1% smaller, same door count | 341 L | 3 | 362 | 1% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 345 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 RS6121WLUK1345 L290 kWh/yr | 4 | $96 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RS6121W series345 L290 kWh/yr | 4 | $96 |
Compare RS6121W Eseries with another fridge
Fisher & Paykel RS6121W Eseries specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 603 mm
- Height
- 2,134 mm
- Depth
- 610 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 238 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.369
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 537 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.547
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF3478
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3478
- GEMS registration id
- 165228
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 31 October 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- RS6121W Eseries
- 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.