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Bottom-mount fridge freezer ยท 2 doors
Miele KFNS 7785 D Fridge
Miele KFNS 7785 D is a 255 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3895).
- Total capacity
- 255 L
- 184 L fridge + 71 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5.5
- Star rating index 5.64
- Annual electricity use
- 183 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $60 / year
- $5.03 / month ยท $604 over 10 years
25% less electricity than the median of 55 comparable 200โ299 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (244 kWh a year). It uses less than 73% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $20 a year less than the median, $201 over 10 years.
Uses 63% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (495 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh ร 33c/kWh in NZD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 200โ299 L bottom-mount 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 KFNS 7785 D running cost
- Per month
- $5.03
- Per year
- $60
- 5 years
- $302
- 10 years
- $604
183 kWh ร 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
- 255 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 184 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 71 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 311 L
- freezer compartment
- 71 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 184 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 bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 255 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RB6018BRV269 L132 kWh/yr | 7 | $44 | |
| V-zug CCO6T-51149282 L173 kWh/yr | 6 | $57 | |
| Liebherr ICNh5103253 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $58 | |
| Liebherr ICNh 5103253 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $58 | |
| Miele KFNS 7784 D254 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $58 |
Fridges similar to the Miele KFNS 7785 D
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liebherr ICNh 5173 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 254 L | 5.5 | 176 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Liebherr ICNh 5173 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 254 L | 5.5 | 176 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Aeg OSC8M18ADC 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 245 L | 5 | 190 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Aeg 17CBMNV0 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 245 L | 5 | 190 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Omega OBMF266FI 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 250 L | 3 | 303 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Schmick MSLF241 Schmick 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 248 L | 3.5 | 256 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 255 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Miele models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miele KFNS 7784 D254 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $58 | |
| Miele KFNS 7734 D253 L176 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $58 |
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Miele KFNS 7785 D specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 560 mm
- Height
- 1,772 mm
- Depth
- 550 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 183 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.638
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 495 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.588
- Country of manufacture
- Germany
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3895
- GEMS registration id
- 178758
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 6 October 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- โ
- 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 one or two 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.