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Bar fridge · 1 door
Hisense HRBC140 Fridge
Hisense HRBC140 is a 153 L bar fridge registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3237).
- Total capacity
- 153 L
- 153 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 2.52
- Annual electricity use
- 160 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $53 / year
- $4.40 / month · $528 over 10 years
52% more electricity than the median of 179 comparable Under 200 L bar fridge registrations (105 kWh a year). It uses less than 2% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $18 a year more than the median, $182 over 10 years.
Uses 39% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (261 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 Under 200 L bar fridge 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.
Hisense HRBC140 running cost
- Per month
- $4.40
- Per year
- $53
- 5 years
- $264
- 10 years
- $528
160 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
- 153 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 153 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 153 L
- fresh food compartment
- 153 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 bar fridges that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 153 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westinghouse WCE1500WA142 L52 kWh/yr | 8 | $17 | |
| Haier HCF140W137 L56 kWh/yr | 7 | $18 | |
| Chiq CCF14**E142 L77 kWh/yr | 6 | $25 | |
| Chiq CCF142WE142 L77 kWh/yr | 6 | $25 | |
| Hisense HRCF146145 L78 kWh/yr | 6 | $26 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-Zero ICBDEU2450R Series same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 152 L | 5 | 90 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Sub-Zero ICBDEU2450R/L same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 152 L | 5 | 90 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Fhiaba UCB601TGMOA 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 143 L | 3 | 132 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Fhiaba UCB601TGM*A 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 143 L | 3 | 132 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Inalto ICF142B2 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 143 L | 5 | 95 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Esatto ECF143B3 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 143 L | 5.5 | 86 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Seiki SC-150AU8CH 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 143 L | 5 | 95 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Artusi AINT119/NF2 12% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 135 L | 2.5 | 152 | 12% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 153 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Hisense HRBC140 specifications
- Type
- Bar fridge
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 595 mm
- Height
- 862 mm
- Depth
- 600 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 160 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.517
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 261 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.046
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3237
- GEMS registration id
- 155448
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 17 December 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator
- Product class
- Class 1
- GEMS group
- Group 1: refrigerator without a low-temperature compartment, automatic defrost
- 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 refrigerator (GEMS groups 1 to 3) with a total volume under 200 L
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.