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Haier HRF575XHC Fridge
Haier HRF575XHC is a 574 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3044).
- Total capacity
- 574 L
- 385 L fridge + 189 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.26
- Annual electricity use
- 394 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $130 / year
- $10.84 / month ยท $1,300 over 10 years
5% more electricity than the median of 6 comparable 500โ599 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registrations (377 kWh a year). It uses less than 33% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $6 a year more than the median, $56 over 10 years.
Uses 17% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (476 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 500โ599 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) 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 HRF575XHC running cost
- Per month
- $10.84
- Per year
- $130
- 5 years
- $650
- 10 years
- $1,300
394 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
- 574 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 385 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 189 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 700 L
- fresh food compartment
- 385 L gross
- two-star compartment
- 103 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 86 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 wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)s that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 574 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-Zero ICBCL3650F/S/P/R582 L297 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $98 | |
| Sub-Zero ICBCL3650F/S/P/L582 L297 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $98 | |
| Haier HRF580YHS508 L354 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $117 | |
| Haier HRF580YH Series508 L354 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $117 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF620Q PV series627 L364 kWh/yr | 5 | $120 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Sub-Zero ICBCL3650F/S/T/L 1% larger, similar star rating | 582 L | 4.5 | 297 | 1% larger, similar star rating |
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 574 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Haier HRF575XHC specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 905 mm
- Height
- 1,775 mm
- Depth
- 707 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 394 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.257
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 476 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.563
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3044
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3044
- GEMS registration id
- 151737
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 8 February 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- HRF575X series
- Designation
- Cooled appliance
- 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
- Designated a cooled appliance by the registrant
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.