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Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) · 1 door
Kogan KAM44BEVFGC Fridge
Kogan KAM44BEVFGC is a 44 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3298).
- Total capacity
- 44 L
- 44 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.65
- 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 61% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (194 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 KAM44BEVFGC 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
- 44 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 44 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 31 L
- cellar compartment
- 44 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 wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)s that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 44 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dometic C60S149 L64 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $21 | |
| Dometic C60S249 L64 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $21 |
Fridges similar to the Kogan KAM44BEVFGC
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inalto IBC44S same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 44 L | 3.5 | 75 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Inalto IBC44B same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 44 L | 3.5 | 75 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MBF46S 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Stirling SBF43B 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Living & CO HS-65L 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MBF46B 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 44 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Kogan models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAM43BEVFGA43 L75 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $25 | |
| Kogan KAM43BEVFG*43 L75 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $25 |
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Kogan KAM44BEVFGC specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 470 mm
- Height
- 495 mm
- Depth
- 440 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 75 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.652
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 194 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 2.386
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3298
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3298
- GEMS registration id
- 159952
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 14 March 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KAM44BEVFG*
- 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.