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Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) · 1 door
Kogan KAM43BEVFGB Fridge
Kogan KAM43BEVFGB is a 43 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF2743).
- Total capacity
- 43 L
- 43 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.63
- Annual electricity use
- 75 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $25 / year
- $2.06 / month · $248 over 10 years
25% less electricity than the median of 57 comparable Under 200 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registrations (100 kWh a year). It uses less than 77% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $8 a year less than the median, $83 over 10 years.
Uses 60% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (188 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 Under 200 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) 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.
Kogan KAM43BEVFGB running cost
- Per month
- $2.06
- Per year
- $25
- 5 years
- $124
- 10 years
- $248
75 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
- 43 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 43 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 31 L
- cellar compartment
- 43 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.
Fridges similar to the Kogan KAM43BEVFGB
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stirling SBF43B same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MBF46B same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MBF46 series same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Inalto IBF46W same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Inalto IBF46B same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Living & CO HS-65L same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 43 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Kogan models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAM44BEVFG*44 L75 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $25 | |
| Kogan KAM44BEVFGA44 L75 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $25 |
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Kogan KAM43BEVFGB specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 480 mm
- Height
- 492 mm
- Depth
- 440 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 75 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.630
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 188 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 2.442
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF2743
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2743
- GEMS registration id
- 142840
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 9 November 2026
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KAM43BEVFG*
- Designation
- Cooled appliance
- Product class
- Class 2
- GEMS group
- Group 2: refrigerator with or without an ice-making compartment, manual defrost
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- Designated a cooled appliance by the registrant
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.