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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Hisense HRFD642BW Fridge
Hisense HRFD642BW is a 640 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF4099).
- Total capacity
- 640 L
- 390 L fridge + 250 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.50
- Annual electricity use
- 520 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $172 / year
- $14.30 / month · $1,716 over 10 years
4% more electricity than the median of 43 comparable 600–699 L french door fridge freezer registrations (501 kWh a year). It uses less than 33% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $6 a year more than the median, $63 over 10 years.
Uses 18% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (635 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 600–699 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 HRFD642BW running cost
- Per month
- $14.30
- Per year
- $172
- 5 years
- $858
- 10 years
- $1,716
520 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
- 640 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 390 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 250 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 836 L
- freezer compartment
- 13 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 158 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 79 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 390 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 640 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RF600ADX1612 L336 kWh/yr | 5 | $111 | |
| Liebherr Msdh 9012577 L339 kWh/yr | 5 | $112 | |
| TCL TRF576FHS575 L345 kWh/yr | 5 | $114 | |
| TCL TRF576FHC575 L345 kWh/yr | 5 | $114 | |
| Gaggenau RVY497190576 L354 kWh/yr | 5 | $117 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG GF-V700MBLC same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 642 L | 3 | 560 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| LG GF-V700 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 642 L | 3 | 560 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LA635ER-GDS-A same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 635 L | 4 | 441 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LA635ER-GBK-A same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 635 L | 4 | 441 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WHE6351WA 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 630 L | 3.5 | 485 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WHE6351*A 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 630 L | 3.5 | 485 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Electrolux EHE6191BB 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 609 L | 3.5 | 501 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRF7900BFH same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 640 L | 3 | 569 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 640 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Hisense HRFD642BW specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 914 mm
- Height
- 1,788 mm
- Depth
- 732 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 520 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.502
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 635 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.622
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4099
- GEMS registration id
- 181058
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 3 August 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.