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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Liebherr ECBN 6256 Fridge
Liebherr ECBN 6256 is a 522 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF2796).
- Total capacity
- 522 L
- 363 L fridge + 160 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 3.00
- Annual electricity use
- 487 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $161 / year
- $13.39 / month · $1,607 over 10 years
20% more electricity than the median of 74 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 10% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $27 a year more than the median, $267 over 10 years.
Uses 20% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (612 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.
Liebherr ECBN 6256 running cost
- Per month
- $13.39
- Per year
- $161
- 5 years
- $804
- 10 years
- $1,607
487 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
- 522 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 363 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 160 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 653 L
- fresh food compartment
- 292 L gross
- chill compartment
- 71 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 160 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 french door fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 522 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Gaggenau RVB477190476 L310 kWh/yr | 5 | $102 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 |
Fridges similar to the Liebherr ECBN 6256
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeg AQE5300BA same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 522 L | 4 | 376 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Inalto IFDF522G same capacity, same door count | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | same capacity, same door count |
| Mykin MFDF522X same capacity, same door count | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | same capacity, same door count |
| Inalto IFDF522B same capacity, same door count | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | same capacity, same door count |
| Mykin MFDF522B same capacity, same door count | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | same capacity, same door count |
| Dreame DRC524WSMS4AU same capacity, same door count | 524 L | 4.5 | 370 | same capacity, same door count |
| Haier HRF565YHC same capacity, same door count | 520 L | 4 | 401 | same capacity, same door count |
| Dreame DRF524WSMS4AU same capacity, same door count | 524 L | 4.5 | 370 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 522 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Liebherr ECBN 6256 specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 910 mm
- Height
- 2,027 mm
- Depth
- 610 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 487 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.999
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 612 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.746
- Country of manufacture
- Germany
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2796
- GEMS registration id
- 140637
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 31 January 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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. Manufacturer: liebherr.com. How the derived figures are calculated.