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Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) · 1 door
Kolner fdg-yge-bc-130L Fridge
Kolner fdg-yge-bc-130L is a 130 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF2974).
- Total capacity
- 130 L
- 130 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 1
- Star rating index 1.36
- Annual electricity use
- 189 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $62 / year
- $5.20 / month · $624 over 10 years
89% more 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 0% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $29 a year more than the median, $294 over 10 years.
Uses 13% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (217 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.
Kolner fdg-yge-bc-130L running cost
- Per month
- $5.20
- Per year
- $62
- 5 years
- $312
- 10 years
- $624
189 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
- 130 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 130 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 130 L
- fresh food compartment
- 130 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 130 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RS6009SBL1130 L59 kWh/yr | 6 | $19 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RS6009SBLT1130 L71 kWh/yr | 5 | $23 | |
| TECO TBF115GBAH115 L97 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $32 | |
| Husky HUS130HDWH130 L120 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $40 | |
| Husky HUS130CNBLK130 L120 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $40 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Husky HUS130HDWH same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 130 L | 2.5 | 120 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Husky HUS130CNBLK same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 130 L | 2.5 | 120 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Solt GGSBC131B same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 131 L | 2.5 | 122 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Solt GGSBC131W same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 131 L | 2.5 | 122 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAM130LAFGA same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 131 L | 2.5 | 122 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAM130LAFGE same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 131 L | 2.5 | 122 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Fisher & Paykel RS6009SBLT1 same capacity, same door count | 130 L | 5 | 71 | same capacity, same door count |
| Fisher & Paykel RS6009SBL1 same capacity, same door count | 130 L | 6 | 59 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 130 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Kolner fdg-yge-bc-130L specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 540 mm
- Height
- 860 mm
- Depth
- 540 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 189 kWh
- Star rating index
- 1.364
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 217 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.454
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF2974
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2974
- GEMS registration id
- 151215
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 23 November 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- SC130
- 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. Manufacturer: meisda.com. How the derived figures are calculated.