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Top-mount fridge freezer ยท 2 doors
Haier HRF330TS Fridge
Haier HRF330TS is a 311 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3619).
- Total capacity
- 311 L
- 222 L fridge + 89 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.50
- Annual electricity use
- 259 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $85 / year
- $7.12 / month ยท $855 over 10 years
17% less electricity than the median of 50 comparable 300โ399 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (312 kWh a year). It uses less than 88% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $17 a year less than the median, $173 over 10 years.
Uses 31% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (376 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 top-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.
Haier HRF330TS running cost
- Per month
- $7.12
- Per year
- $85
- 5 years
- $427
- 10 years
- $855
259 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
- 311 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 222 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 89 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 381 L
- fresh food compartment
- 222 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 89 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 top-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 311 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living & CO BCD-280WEVPH-53H278 L236 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $78 | |
| Dreame DRB340WMS5AU345 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 | |
| Chiq CTM347NB5E348 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 | |
| Chiq CTM348NW5E348 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 |
Fridges similar to the Haier HRF330TS
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG GT-3 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 315 L | 4 | 282 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| LG GT-3S 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 315 L | 4 | 282 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WTM3100WL same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 312 L | 3.5 | 291 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Artusi AFTM343X same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 310 L | 3.5 | 298 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WTM3100SL same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 312 L | 3.5 | 291 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Anko ATM314X 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 314 L | 3 | 347 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAM314TMSFC 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 314 L | 3 | 347 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAM314TMSFD 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 314 L | 3 | 347 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 311 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Haier HRF330TS specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- โ
- Width
- 595 mm
- Height
- 1,652 mm
- Depth
- 672 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 259 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.502
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 376 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.680
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3619
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3619
- GEMS registration id
- 170489
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 26 June 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- HRF330T Series
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 5
- GEMS group
- Group 5T: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, top-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 5T (frost-free fridge freezer, top-mounted freezer)
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.