New Zealand · costs in NZD
Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Hisense HRBM503E Fridge
Hisense HRBM503E is a 503 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3274).
- Total capacity
- 503 L
- 354 L fridge + 149 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 8
- Star rating index 8.01
- Annual electricity use
- 174 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $57 / year
- $4.79 / month · $574 over 10 years
56% less electricity than the median of 32 comparable 500–599 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (395 kWh a year). It uses less than 91% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $73 a year less than the median, $729 over 10 years.
Uses 69% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (561 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 bottom-mount 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.
Hisense HRBM503E running cost
- Per month
- $4.79
- Per year
- $57
- 5 years
- $287
- 10 years
- $574
174 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
- 503 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 354 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 149 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 620 L
- fresh food compartment
- 354 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 149 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 bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 503 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RF505BRNQX1515 L159 kWh/yr | 8 | $52 |
Fridges similar to the Hisense HRBM503E
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilve R76FDAU/SS same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 499 L | 4 | 380 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Haier HRF510FH Series 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 509 L | 5 | 313 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Haier HRF510FHS 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 509 L | 5 | 313 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Electrolux EBE5002BE 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 496 L | 6 | 254 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WBE5002BE 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 496 L | 5 | 309 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Electrolux EBE5002SE 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 496 L | 6 | 254 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Fisher & Paykel RF522BLPW6 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 494 L | 4 | 376 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Fisher & Paykel RF522BLPX6 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 494 L | 4 | 376 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 503 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Hisense HRBM503E specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 794 mm
- Height
- 1,725 mm
- Depth
- 698 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 174 kWh
- Star rating index
- 8.008
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 561 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.281
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3274
- GEMS registration id
- 159551
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 February 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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 one or two 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.