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Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) · 1 door
Living & CO BC-47F-F-53H Fridge
Living & CO BC-47F-F-53H is a 45 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0778).
- Total capacity
- 45 L
- 45 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.05
- Annual electricity use
- 97 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $32 / year
- $2.67 / month · $320 over 10 years
3% 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 60% of them.
Uses 51% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (198 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.
Living & CO BC-47F-F-53H running cost
- Per month
- $2.67
- Per year
- $32
- 5 years
- $160
- 10 years
- $320
97 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
- 45 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 45 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 45 L
- fresh food compartment
- 45 L gross, 45 L net
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.
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|---|---|---|---|
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 45 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Living & CO BC-47F-F-53H specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 444 mm
- Height
- 495 mm
- Depth
- 485 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 97 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.046
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 198 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 2.156
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0778
- GEMS registration id
- 145569
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Cooled appliance
- Product class
- Class 2
- GEMS group
- Group 2: refrigerator with or without an ice-making compartment, manual defrost
- Regulatory standard
- EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2E
- 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: galanz.com. How the derived figures are calculated.