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Fridge without a separate freezer · 1 door
Gaggenau RVC497190 Fridge
Gaggenau RVC497190 is a 622 L fridge without a separate freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3907).
- Total capacity
- 622 L
- 622 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.14
- Annual electricity use
- 225 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $74 / year
- $6.19 / month · $743 over 10 years
3% more electricity than the median of 8 comparable 600–699 L fridge without a separate freezer registrations (220 kWh a year). It uses less than 25% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $2 a year more than the median, $18 over 10 years.
Uses 48% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (432 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 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.
Gaggenau RVC497190 running cost
- Per month
- $6.19
- Per year
- $74
- 5 years
- $371
- 10 years
- $743
225 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
- 622 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 622 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 634 L
- chill compartment
- 92 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 450 L gross
- chill compartment
- 80 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 fridge without a separate freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 622 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF720W692 L197 kWh/yr | 5 | $65 | |
| Sub-Zero ICBCL3650RID/S/T/L646 L197 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $65 | |
| Sub-Zero ICBCL3650RID/S/P/R646 L197 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $65 | |
| Fhiaba RS900FR6A619 L218 kWh/yr | 4 | $72 | |
| Fhiaba RS900FR3A619 L218 kWh/yr | 4 | $72 |
Fridges similar to the Gaggenau RVC497190
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fhiaba S900FR6DA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 619 L | 4 | 218 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Fhiaba KS900FG6DA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 619 L | 4 | 218 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| V-zug CO6T-51134 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 619 L | 4 | 221 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Sub-Zero ICBDEC3650RID/R 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 614 L | 4 | 206 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Sub-Zero ICBDEC3650RID/L 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 614 L | 4 | 206 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HCF720W 11% larger, same door count | 692 L | 5 | 197 | 11% larger, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 622 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Gaggenau models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaggenau RC492504579 L221 kWh/yr | 4 | $73 |
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Gaggenau RVC497190 specifications
- Type
- Fridge without a separate freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- 600 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 225 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.140
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 432 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.355
- Country of manufacture
- Türkiye
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3907
- GEMS registration id
- 179134
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 28 April 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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.