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Top-mount fridge freezer · 6 doors
Hitachi R-WX670RAX Fridge
Hitachi R-WX670RAX is a 670 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3003).
- Total capacity
- 670 L
- 479 L fridge + 191 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.23
- Annual electricity use
- 420 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $139 / year
- $11.55 / month · $1,386 over 10 years
Only 2 comparable registrations in this size and type group, so no percentile is shown.
Uses 16% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (503 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh × 33c/kWh in NZD; change the price above to your tariff.
Hitachi R-WX670RAX running cost
- Per month
- $11.55
- Per year
- $139
- 5 years
- $693
- 10 years
- $1,386
420 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
- 670 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 479 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 191 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 784 L
- freezer compartment
- 21 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 41 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 129 L gross
- cellar compartment
- 125 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 354 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 670 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi R-GW670TA670 L390 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $129 | |
| Hitachi R-GW670TAXM670 L390 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $129 |
Fridges similar to the Hitachi R-WX670RAX
No comparable registrations of the same type and size.
Other Hitachi models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi R-GW670TAXM670 L390 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $129 | |
| Hitachi R-GW670TA670 L390 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $129 |
Compare R-WX670RAX with another fridge
Hitachi R-WX670RAX specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 6
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 825 mm
- Height
- 1,833 mm
- Depth
- 728 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 420 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.235
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 503 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.535
- Country of manufacture
- Japan
Other model numbers on registration ARF3003
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3003
- GEMS registration id
- 151759
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 9 January 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- R-WX670RA Series
- 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.