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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
Fisher & Paykel RS80AU1 Fridge
Fisher & Paykel RS80AU1 is a 417 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3349).
- Total capacity
- 417 L
- 288 L fridge + 129 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.13
- Annual electricity use
- 411 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $136 / year
- $11.30 / month · $1,356 over 10 years
15% more electricity than the median of 43 comparable 400–499 L french door fridge freezer registrations (356 kWh a year). It uses less than 33% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $18 a year more than the median, $182 over 10 years.
Uses 27% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (566 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 RS80AU1 running cost
- Per month
- $11.30
- Per year
- $136
- 5 years
- $678
- 10 years
- $1,356
411 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
- 417 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 288 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 129 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 518 L
- fresh food compartment
- 288 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 129 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 417 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAT412BMFWB412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| TCL C440BF*412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| TCL C440BFW412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Kogan KAT412BMFWA412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Eurotech 352387382 L261 kWh/yr | 5 | $86 |
Fridges similar to the Fisher & Paykel RS80AU1
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAHFREN420D same capacity, similar external size | 419 L | 4 | 357 | same capacity, similar external size |
| Kogan KAHFREN420A same capacity, similar external size | 419 L | 4 | 357 | same capacity, similar external size |
| TCL P421CDW 1% larger, similar external size | 421 L | 4 | 356 | 1% larger, similar external size |
| Omega OFDF473X 1% larger, similar external size | 421 L | 4 | 356 | 1% larger, similar external size |
| Eurotech ED-RFFD473SS.2 1% larger, similar external size | 421 L | 4 | 356 | 1% larger, similar external size |
| TCL P421CDN 1% larger, similar external size | 421 L | 4 | 356 | 1% larger, similar external size |
| Casa CASAFI439S 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 439 L | 3 | 447 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Omega OIFDF439 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 439 L | 3 | 447 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 417 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Fisher & Paykel RS80AU1 specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 796 mm
- Height
- 1,798 mm
- Depth
- 604 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 411 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.129
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 566 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.794
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF3349
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3349
- GEMS registration id
- 161440
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 12 May 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- RS80A 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.