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Haier HRF580YHN Fridge
Haier HRF580YHN is a 508 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF2806).
- Total capacity
- 508 L
- 321 L fridge + 187 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.51
- Annual electricity use
- 354 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $117 / year
- $9.74 / month ยท $1,168 over 10 years
6% less electricity than the median of 6 comparable 500โ599 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registrations (377 kWh a year). It uses less than 67% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $8 a year less than the median, $76 over 10 years.
Uses 22% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (455 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 HRF580YHN running cost
- Per month
- $9.74
- Per year
- $117
- 5 years
- $584
- 10 years
- $1,168
354 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
- 508 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 321 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 187 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 634 L
- fresh food compartment
- 321 L gross, 124 L net
- two-star compartment
- 99 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 88 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 508 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRCD483E483 L282 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $93 |
Fridges similar to the Haier HRF580YHN
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRCD483TSW 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 483 L | 4.5 | 344 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRCD483E 5% smaller, same door count | 483 L | 5.5 | 282 | 5% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 508 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Haier models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HRF580YP Series507 L360 kWh/yr | 4 | $119 | |
| Haier HRF580YPC507 L360 kWh/yr | 4 | $119 |
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Haier HRF580YHN specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- โ
- Width
- โ
- Height
- โ
- Depth
- โ
- Annual energy (label)
- 354 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.512
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 455 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.559
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF2806
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2806
- GEMS registration id
- 144321
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 9 February 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- HRF580YH 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.