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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Hitachi R-WB640VT0-1GBK Fridge
Hitachi R-WB640VT0-1GBK is a 569 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3568).
- Total capacity
- 569 L
- 372 L fridge + 197 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.03
- Annual electricity use
- 425 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $140 / year
- $11.69 / month · $1,403 over 10 years
5% more electricity than the median of 74 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 26% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $6 a year more than the median, $63 over 10 years.
Uses 29% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (596 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.
Hitachi R-WB640VT0-1GBK running cost
- Per month
- $11.69
- Per year
- $140
- 5 years
- $701
- 10 years
- $1,403
425 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
- 569 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 372 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 197 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 724 L
- freezer compartment
- 97 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 372 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 100 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.
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Same type, total capacity within 12% of 569 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
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| 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 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LX564ER-GBK-A same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 564 L | 4 | 385 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LX564ER series same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 564 L | 4 | 385 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Bosch KFI96AXEAA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 574 L | 4 | 425 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Bosch KFD96AXEAA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 574 L | 4 | 425 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Beko BFR575PX 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 575 L | 3.5 | 473 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Electrolux EQE5607** 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 562 L | 4 | 406 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GF-VN600BM 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 576 L | 3.5 | 465 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 569 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Hitachi R-WB640VT0-1GBK specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 425 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.031
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 596 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.587
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF3568
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3568
- GEMS registration id
- 168837
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 29 April 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- R-WB640VT0-1
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.