New Zealand · costs in NZD
Side-by-side fridge freezer · 2 doors
Hisense HRSBS652B Fridge
Hisense HRSBS652B is a 652 L side-by-side fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3192).
- Total capacity
- 652 L
- 417 L fridge + 235 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5.5
- Star rating index 5.50
- Annual electricity use
- 347 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $115 / year
- $9.54 / month · $1,145 over 10 years
18% less electricity than the median of 30 comparable 600–699 L side-by-side fridge freezer registrations (426 kWh a year). It uses less than 90% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $26 a year less than the median, $261 over 10 years.
Uses 42% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (603 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 side-by-side 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 HRSBS652B running cost
- Per month
- $9.54
- Per year
- $115
- 5 years
- $573
- 10 years
- $1,145
347 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
- 652 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 417 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 235 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 833 L
- freezer compartment
- 220 L gross
- two-star compartment
- 15 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 417 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 side-by-side fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 652 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westinghouse WSE6240BB619 L300 kWh/yr | 6 | $99 | |
| Westinghouse WSE6200SB624 L300 kWh/yr | 6 | $99 |
Fridges similar to the Hisense HRSBS652B
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCL TRF630SHG 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 631 L | 5 | 375 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TCL TRF630SH* 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 631 L | 5 | 375 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| LG GS-B600 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 655 L | 4 | 470 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| LG GS-B600MBL same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 655 L | 4 | 470 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WSE6200SB 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 624 L | 6 | 300 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRS6100S same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 655 L | 5 | 385 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRS6100B same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 655 L | 5 | 385 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 652 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Hisense models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRSBS649SW649 L465 kWh/yr | 4 | $153 |
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Hisense HRSBS652B specifications
- Type
- Side-by-side fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Side by side
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 910 mm
- Height
- 1,795 mm
- Depth
- 717 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 347 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.502
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 603 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.416
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3192
- GEMS registration id
- 154707
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 28 August 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 7
- GEMS group
- Group 5S: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, side by side
- 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 5S (frost-free fridge freezer, side by side)
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.