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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Mitsubishi Electric MR-LX564ER-GDS-A Fridge
Mitsubishi Electric MR-LX564ER-GDS-A is a 564 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF4126).
- Total capacity
- 564 L
- 426 L fridge + 138 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.01
- Annual electricity use
- 385 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $127 / year
- $10.59 / month · $1,271 over 10 years
5% less electricity than the median of 74 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 60% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $7 a year less than the median, $69 over 10 years.
Uses 32% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (568 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 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.
Mitsubishi Electric MR-LX564ER-GDS-A running cost
- Per month
- $10.59
- Per year
- $127
- 5 years
- $635
- 10 years
- $1,271
385 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
- 564 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 426 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 138 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 642 L
- fresh food compartment
- 319 L gross
- cellar compartment
- 107 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 138 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 564 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 | |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westinghouse WQE5750** same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 564 L | 4 | 406 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Electrolux EQE5757SB same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 562 L | 4 | 406 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RF605QNUVB1 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 537 L | 4 | 396 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WQE5600** same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 564 L | 4 | 406 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Liebherr Msdh 9012 2% larger, same door count, similar external size | 577 L | 5 | 339 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Electrolux EQE5657BA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 562 L | 4 | 406 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hitachi R-WB640VT0-1 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 569 L | 4 | 425 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hitachi R-WB640VT0-1GBK same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 569 L | 4 | 425 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 564 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Mitsubishi Electric MR-LX564ER-GDS-A specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 900 mm
- Height
- 1,798 mm
- Depth
- 735 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 385 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.007
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 568 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.600
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF4126
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4126
- GEMS registration id
- 181478
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 29 September 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- MR-LX564ER series
- 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: MitsubishiElectric.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.