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Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) · 1 door
Living & CO HS-65L Fridge
Living & CO HS-65L 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 ZRF0795).
- Total capacity
- 43 L
- 43 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.09
- Annual electricity use
- 95 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $31 / year
- $2.61 / month · $314 over 10 years
5% 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 63% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $2 a year less than the median, $17 over 10 years.
Uses 52% 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 HS-65L running cost
- Per month
- $2.61
- Per year
- $31
- 5 years
- $157
- 10 years
- $314
95 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
- 43 L
- fresh food 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.
Similar wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)s that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 43 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAM43BEVFGF43 L75 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $25 | |
| Inalto IBC44B44 L75 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $25 | |
| Inalto IBC44S44 L75 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $25 | |
| Kogan KAM43BEVFGE43 L75 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $25 |
Fridges similar to the Living & CO HS-65L
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inalto IBF46BG 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 |
| 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 |
| Kogan KAM43BEVFG* same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3.5 | 75 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MBF46W 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 |
| 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 |
| Kogan KAM43BEVFGA same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3.5 | 75 | 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 Living & CO models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living & CO BC-47F-F-53H45 L97 kWh/yr | 3 | $32 |
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Living & CO HS-65L specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 472 mm
- Height
- 492 mm
- Depth
- 450 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 95 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.093
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 198 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 2.209
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0795
- GEMS registration id
- 148480
- 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: hualing.com. How the derived figures are calculated.