New Zealand · costs in NZD
Side-by-side fridge freezer · 2 doors
Midea MERS79IMYEDXAP Fridge
Midea MERS79IMYEDXAP is a 592 L side-by-side fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0963).
- Total capacity
- 592 L
- 379 L fridge + 213 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.04
- Annual electricity use
- 438 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $145 / year
- $12.05 / month · $1,445 over 10 years
3% less electricity than the median of 36 comparable 500–599 L side-by-side fridge freezer registrations (452 kWh a year). It uses less than 67% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $5 a year less than the median, $46 over 10 years.
Uses 24% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (578 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 side-by-side 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 MERS79IMYEDXAP running cost
- Per month
- $12.05
- Per year
- $145
- 5 years
- $723
- 10 years
- $1,445
438 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
- 592 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 379 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 213 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 759 L
- freezer compartment
- 213 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 379 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 592 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westinghouse WSE6200SB624 L300 kWh/yr | 6 | $99 | |
| Westinghouse WSE6240BB619 L300 kWh/yr | 6 | $99 | |
| Omega OIFSBS541541 L324 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $107 | |
| Hisense HRSBS652B652 L347 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $115 | |
| Omega OSBS583WBX582 L355 kWh/yr | 5 | $117 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 592 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Midea MERS79IMYEDXAP specifications
- Type
- Side-by-side fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Side by side
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 910 mm
- Height
- 1,775 mm
- Depth
- 698 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 438 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.040
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 578 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.577
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0963
- GEMS registration id
- 172304
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 7
- GEMS group
- Group 5S: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, side by side
- Regulatory standard
- EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2E
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5S (frost-free fridge freezer, side by side)
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: tradedepot.co.nz. How the derived figures are calculated.