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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Haier HRF516YHC Fridge
Haier HRF516YHC is a 463 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3068).
- Total capacity
- 463 L
- 311 L fridge + 152 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.02
- Annual electricity use
- 371 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $122 / year
- $10.20 / month · $1,224 over 10 years
4% more electricity than the median of 43 comparable 400–499 L french door fridge freezer registrations (356 kWh a year). It uses less than 40% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $5 a year more than the median, $50 over 10 years.
Uses 32% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (548 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.
Haier HRF516YHC running cost
- Per month
- $10.20
- Per year
- $122
- 5 years
- $612
- 10 years
- $1,224
371 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
- 463 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 311 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 152 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 582 L
- freezer compartment
- 152 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 311 L gross, 315 L net
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 463 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAT412BMFWA412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Kogan KAT412BMFWC412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| TCL C440BFS412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| TCL C440BFB412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Gaggenau RVB477190476 L310 kWh/yr | 5 | $102 |
Fridges similar to the Haier HRF516YHC
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAHFREN464E same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 464 L | 3.5 | 422 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAHFREN464A same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 464 L | 3.5 | 422 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRF632FGD46APW 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 470 L | 4.5 | 345 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MERF632FIF28APD 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 474 L | 3.5 | 420 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GF-B400P 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 474 L | 3.5 | 420 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Omega O4DF474WG 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 474 L | 3.5 | 420 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Omega O4DF474W 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 474 L | 3.5 | 420 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Panasonic NR-XZ520C 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 445 L | 4.5 | 320 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 463 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Haier HRF516YHC specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller; adaptive defrost: yes
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 371 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.024
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 548 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.637
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3068
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3068
- GEMS registration id
- 153028
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 20 May 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- HRF516Y 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.