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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
Hisense HRFD535BW Fridge
Hisense HRFD535BW is a 541 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3888).
- Total capacity
- 541 L
- 369 L fridge + 172 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.00
- Annual electricity use
- 408 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $135 / year
- $11.22 / month · $1,346 over 10 years
1% more electricity than the median of 74 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 37% of them.
Uses 30% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (580 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.
Hisense HRFD535BW running cost
- Per month
- $11.22
- Per year
- $135
- 5 years
- $673
- 10 years
- $1,346
408 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
- 541 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 369 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 172 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 676 L
- freezer compartment
- 25 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 147 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 369 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 541 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANUB1511 L313 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 |
Fridges similar to the Hisense HRFD535BW
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miele KF 2981 Vi 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 552 L | 3.5 | 434 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAMFREN522C 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAMFREN522E 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Artusi AINT9100FDIW same capacity, same door count | 546 L | 2.5 | 500 | same capacity, same door count |
| Artusi AINT9100FD same capacity, same door count | 546 L | 2.5 | 500 | same capacity, same door count |
| Westinghouse WQE6000BB same capacity, similar star rating | 541 L | 4 | 382 | same capacity, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WQE6000** same capacity, similar star rating | 541 L | 4 | 382 | same capacity, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 541 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Hisense models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRFD537SW544 L408 kWh/yr | 4 | $135 |
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Hisense HRFD535BW specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 794 mm
- Height
- 1,785 mm
- Depth
- 685 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 408 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.001
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 580 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.603
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3888
- GEMS registration id
- 178467
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 1 April 2031
- 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 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.