New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Hitachi HRTN6408SXAU Fridge
Hitachi HRTN6408SXAU is a 374 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3525).
- Total capacity
- 374 L
- 280 L fridge + 94 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.00
- Annual electricity use
- 257 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $85 / year
- $7.07 / month · $848 over 10 years
17% less electricity than the median of 50 comparable 300–399 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (312 kWh a year). It uses less than 90% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $18 a year less than the median, $180 over 10 years.
Uses 35% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (397 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 300–399 L top-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.
Hitachi HRTN6408SXAU running cost
- Per month
- $7.07
- Per year
- $85
- 5 years
- $424
- 10 years
- $848
257 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
- 374 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 280 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 94 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 448 L
- fresh food compartment
- 280 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 94 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 top-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 374 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dreame DRB340WMS5AU345 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 | |
| Chiq CTM3******348 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 | |
| Chiq CTM348NW5E348 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 |
Fridges similar to the Hitachi HRTN6408SXAU
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG GT-375 same capacity, same door count | 375 L | 4 | 312 | same capacity, same door count |
| LG GT-5MB same capacity, same door count | 375 L | 4 | 312 | same capacity, same door count |
| Chiq CTM347NB5E 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 348 L | 5 | 241 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Chiq CTM3****** 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 348 L | 5 | 241 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Dreame DRB340WMS5AU 8% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 345 L | 5 | 241 | 8% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRT4200S 5% larger, same door count | 393 L | 4 | 322 | 5% larger, same door count |
| Samsung Electronics SRT4200B 5% larger, same door count | 393 L | 4 | 322 | 5% larger, same door count |
| Coldstream CSKE4200BK WAT 6% larger, same door count | 398 L | 3.5 | 345 | 6% larger, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 374 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Hitachi HRTN6408SXAU specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 257 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.003
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 397 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.574
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF3525
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3525
- GEMS registration id
- 167236
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 19 February 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- HRTN6408SXAU
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 5
- GEMS group
- Group 5T: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, top-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 5T (frost-free fridge freezer, top-mounted freezer)
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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. Manufacturer: beko.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.