New Zealand · costs in NZD
Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Haier HRF510FHS Fridge
Haier HRF510FHS is a 509 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3499).
- Total capacity
- 509 L
- 372 L fridge + 137 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.01
- Annual electricity use
- 313 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $103 / year
- $8.61 / month · $1,033 over 10 years
21% less electricity than the median of 32 comparable 500–599 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (395 kWh a year). It uses less than 72% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $27 a year less than the median, $271 over 10 years.
Uses 44% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (560 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 500–599 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.
Haier HRF510FHS running cost
- Per month
- $8.61
- Per year
- $103
- 5 years
- $516
- 10 years
- $1,033
313 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
- 509 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 372 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 137 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 617 L
- freezer compartment
- 137 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 372 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 509 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RF505BRNQX1515 L159 kWh/yr | 8 | $52 | |
| Haier HRF510BEC517 L169 kWh/yr | 8 | $56 | |
| Hisense HRBM503E503 L174 kWh/yr | 8 | $57 | |
| Electrolux EBE5002*E496 L254 kWh/yr | 6 | $84 | |
| Electrolux EBE5002WE496 L254 kWh/yr | 6 | $84 |
Fridges similar to the Haier HRF510FHS
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRBM503S 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 503 L | 4.5 | 349 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WBE5002BE 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 496 L | 5 | 309 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRBM503E 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 503 L | 8 | 174 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505BRNB1 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 515 L | 6 | 258 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505BRNQX1 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 515 L | 8 | 159 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Ilve R76FDAU/SS 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 499 L | 4 | 380 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 509 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Haier models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HRF510FS512 L313 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 | |
| Haier HRF510BHC514 L285 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $94 |
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Haier HRF510FHS specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 790 mm
- Height
- 1,725 mm
- Depth
- 707 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 313 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.010
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 560 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.508
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3499
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3499
- GEMS registration id
- 166670
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 16 January 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- HRF510FH 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 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.