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Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Gaggenau RB289500 Fridge
Gaggenau RB289500 is a 223 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF2866).
- Total capacity
- 223 L
- 156 L fridge + 67 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.59
- Annual electricity use
- 260 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $86 / year
- $7.15 / month · $858 over 10 years
7% more electricity than the median of 55 comparable 200–299 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (244 kWh a year). It uses less than 46% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $5 a year more than the median, $53 over 10 years.
Uses 46% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (484 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 200–299 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.
Gaggenau RB289500 running cost
- Per month
- $7.15
- Per year
- $86
- 5 years
- $429
- 10 years
- $858
260 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
- 223 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 156 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 67 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 280 L
- freezer compartment
- 67 L gross
- chill compartment
- 55 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 101 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 223 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miele KFNS 7795 D246 L181 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $60 | |
| Liebherr ICBNh5173246 L181 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $60 | |
| Aeg 17CBMNV0245 L190 kWh/yr | 5 | $63 | |
| Aeg OSC8M18ADC245 L190 kWh/yr | 5 | $63 | |
| Dreame DRB230WMS4AU231 L237 kWh/yr | 4 | $78 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 223 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Gaggenau RB289500 specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- 610 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 260 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.587
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 484 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.930
- Country of manufacture
- Germany
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2866
- GEMS registration id
- 141183
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 June 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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.