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Fridge without a separate freezer · 1 door
Fisher & Paykel RS7621SRHE1 Fridge
Fisher & Paykel RS7621SRHE1 is a 472 L fridge without a separate freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3485).
- Total capacity
- 472 L
- 305 L fridge + 167 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5.5
- Star rating index 5.52
- Annual electricity use
- 152 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $50 / year
- $4.18 / month · $502 over 10 years
22% less electricity than the median of 15 comparable 400–499 L fridge without a separate freezer registrations (195 kWh a year). It uses less than 87% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $14 a year less than the median, $142 over 10 years.
Uses 61% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (394 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 fridge without a separate 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 RS7621SRHE1 running cost
- Per month
- $4.18
- Per year
- $50
- 5 years
- $251
- 10 years
- $502
152 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
- 472 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 305 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 167 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 496 L
- zero-star compartment
- 167 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 305 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 472 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF420W418 L125 kWh/yr | 6 | $41 | |
| Haier HCF520W502 L135 kWh/yr | 6 | $45 | |
| Westinghouse WCE5000WA500 L136 kWh/yr | 6 | $45 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 472 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare RS7621SRHE1 with another fridge
Fisher & Paykel RS7621SRHE1 specifications
- Type
- Fridge without a separate freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 756 mm
- Height
- 2,134 mm
- Depth
- 610 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 152 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.516
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 394 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.307
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF3485
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3485
- GEMS registration id
- 165227
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 13 November 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- RS7621S E series
- Designation
- Refrigerator
- Product class
- Class 1
- GEMS group
- Group 1: refrigerator without a low-temperature compartment, automatic defrost
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- Designated a refrigerator (GEMS groups 1 to 3) with a total volume of 200 L or more
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.