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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
Miele KFMC 3834 L Fridge
Miele KFMC 3834 L is a 476 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3703).
- Total capacity
- 476 L
- 316 L fridge + 160 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.01
- Annual electricity use
- 313 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $103 / year
- $8.61 / month · $1,033 over 10 years
12% less electricity than the median of 43 comparable 400–499 L french door fridge freezer registrations (356 kWh a year). It uses less than 88% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $14 a year less than the median, $142 over 10 years.
Uses 47% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (596 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.
Miele KFMC 3834 L running cost
- Per month
- $8.61
- Per year
- $103
- 5 years
- $516
- 10 years
- $1,033
313 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
- 476 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 316 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 160 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 605 L
- chill compartment
- 51 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 160 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 265 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 476 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 |
Fridges similar to the Miele KFMC 3834 L
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaggenau RVB477190 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 476 L | 5 | 310 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Panasonic NR-XZ550H 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 482 L | 4.5 | 328 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF520FG 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 489 L | 4.5 | 336 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF520FHS 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 489 L | 4.5 | 336 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| TCL TRF495FH* 4% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 496 L | 5 | 314 | 4% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| TCL TRF495FHW 4% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 496 L | 5 | 314 | 4% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RF522ADUB5 2% larger, same door count | 487 L | 3 | 429 | 2% larger, same door count |
| Fisher & Paykel RF522ADUX5 2% larger, same door count | 487 L | 3 | 429 | 2% larger, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 476 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Miele KFMC 3834 L specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- 600 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 313 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.014
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 596 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.517
- Country of manufacture
- Türkiye
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3703
- GEMS registration id
- 173071
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 October 2030
- 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: miele.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.