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Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Hitachi R-WB560PT9 Fridge
Hitachi R-WB560PT9 is a 465 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3604).
A newer registration of this model exists: ZRF0903.
- Total capacity
- 465 L
- 343 L fridge + 122 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.01
- Annual electricity use
- 439 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $145 / year
- $12.07 / month · $1,449 over 10 years
42% more electricity than the median of 70 comparable 400–499 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (309 kWh a year). It uses less than 3% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $43 a year more than the median, $429 over 10 years.
Uses 19% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (541 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 400–499 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.
Hitachi R-WB560PT9 running cost
- Per month
- $12.07
- Per year
- $145
- 5 years
- $724
- 10 years
- $1,449
439 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
- 465 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 343 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 122 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 561 L
- fresh food compartment
- 343 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 122 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 465 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRBM418E417 L153 kWh/yr | 8 | $50 | |
| Haier HRF420BEC433 L155 kWh/yr | 8 | $51 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505BRNQX1515 L159 kWh/yr | 8 | $52 | |
| Haier HRF510BEC517 L169 kWh/yr | 8 | $56 | |
| Hisense HRBM503E503 L174 kWh/yr | 8 | $57 |
Fridges similar to the Hitachi R-WB560PT9
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liebherr CNPef 4516 9% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 422 L | 3.5 | 342 | 9% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Robinhood RHBMF459MSD 1% smaller, same door count | 459 L | 4 | 365 | 1% smaller, same door count |
| Samsung Electronics SRL4600B 2% smaller, same door count | 458 L | 4 | 350 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Samsung Electronics SRL4600S 2% smaller, same door count | 458 L | 4 | 350 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Miele KFN 4776 ED 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 433 L | 5.5 | 241 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Panasonic NR-BW530J 7% larger, same door count, similar external size | 498 L | 5 | 317 | 7% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Panasonic NR-BW530J 7% larger, same door count, similar external size | 498 L | 5 | 317 | 7% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Fisher & Paykel RS7621WLUE1 2% smaller, same door count | 455 L | 5.5 | 274 | 2% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 465 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Hitachi R-WB560PT9 specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 750 mm
- Height
- 1,795 mm
- Depth
- 797 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 439 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.006
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 541 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.783
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Related Hitachi model numbers starting with RWB560PT9
1 model numbers on 1 other registration. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.
| Model | Registration | Stars | kWh / yr | Registration expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R-WB560PT9 | ZRF0903 | 4 | 338 | n/a |
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3604
- GEMS registration id
- 169281
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 16 June 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. Manufacturer: beko.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.