New Zealand · costs in NZD
French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Midea MDRF632FGD46APW Fridge
Midea MDRF632FGD46APW is a 470 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3731).
- Total capacity
- 470 L
- 301 L fridge + 169 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.52
- Annual electricity use
- 345 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $114 / year
- $9.49 / month · $1,139 over 10 years
3% less electricity than the median of 43 comparable 400–499 L french door fridge freezer registrations (356 kWh a year). It uses less than 58% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $4 a year less than the median, $36 over 10 years.
Uses 38% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (555 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 400–499 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.
Midea MDRF632FGD46APW running cost
- Per month
- $9.49
- Per year
- $114
- 5 years
- $569
- 10 years
- $1,139
345 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
- 470 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 301 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 169 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 603 L
- freezer compartment
- 169 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 301 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.
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Same type, total capacity within 12% of 470 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANUB1511 L313 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| LG GF-B400P same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 474 L | 3.5 | 420 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Omega O4DF474*** same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 474 L | 3.5 | 420 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
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| Haier HRF516YS 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 463 L | 4 | 371 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF516YHC 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 463 L | 4 | 371 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Artusi AFDF620* 4% larger, same door count, similar external size | 488 L | 3 | 470 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 470 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Midea models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midea MERF632FIF28APD474 L420 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $139 |
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Midea MDRF632FGD46APW specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 833 mm
- Height
- 1,775 mm
- Depth
- 653 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 345 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.520
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 555 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.572
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3731
- GEMS registration id
- 173719
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 19 October 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.