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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Haier HRF565Y Series Fridge
Haier HRF565Y Series is a 520 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3504).
- Total capacity
- 520 L
- 344 L fridge + 176 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.02
- Annual electricity use
- 401 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $132 / year
- $11.03 / month · $1,323 over 10 years
1% less electricity than the median of 74 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 53% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $2 a year less than the median, $17 over 10 years.
Uses 30% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (574 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 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 HRF565Y Series running cost
- Per month
- $11.03
- Per year
- $132
- 5 years
- $662
- 10 years
- $1,323
401 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
- 520 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 344 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 176 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 658 L
- freezer compartment
- 176 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 344 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 french door fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 520 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Gaggenau RVB477190476 L310 kWh/yr | 5 | $102 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 |
Fridges similar to the Haier HRF565Y Series
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mykin MFDF522G same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mykin MFDF522X same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Inalto IFDF522X same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Inalto IFDF522B same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Aeg AQE5300BA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 4 | 376 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Dreame DRC524WSMS4AU same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 524 L | 4.5 | 370 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Ikea RIBBENÅS same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 516 L | 4 | 397 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Dreame DRF524WSMS4AU same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 524 L | 4.5 | 370 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 520 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Haier HRF565Y Series specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 401 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.021
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 574 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.609
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3504
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3504
- GEMS registration id
- 166668
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 3 February 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- HRF565Y 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.