New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Nero 744198 Fridge
Nero 744198 is a 197 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3024).
- Total capacity
- 197 L
- 145 L fridge + 52 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.51
- Annual electricity use
- 238 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $79 / year
- $6.55 / month · $785 over 10 years
About the same electricity as the median of 15 comparable Under 200 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (238 kWh a year). It uses less than 33% of them.
Uses 28% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (331 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 Under 200 L top-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.
Nero 744198 running cost
- Per month
- $6.55
- Per year
- $79
- 5 years
- $393
- 10 years
- $785
238 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
- 197 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 145 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 52 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 238 L
- fresh food compartment
- 145 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 52 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 top-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 197 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM20*N**5E202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $59 | |
| Chiq CTM200NSS5E202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $59 | |
| Panasonic NR-TC221BUSA202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $59 | |
| Hisense HRTF206series205 L196 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $65 | |
| Hisense HRTF206205 L196 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $65 |
Fridges similar to the Nero 744198
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCL P220TM* same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TCL P220TMW same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Robinhood RHTMF197W same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF200TW same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Heller HFF261S same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF200TW-LH same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Robinhood RHTMF197X same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Heller HFF261 series same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 197 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Nero 744198 specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 540 mm
- Height
- 1,424 mm
- Depth
- 560 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 238 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.510
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 331 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.002
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3024
- GEMS registration id
- 152134
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 17 January 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 5
- GEMS group
- Group 5T: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, top-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 5T (frost-free fridge freezer, top-mounted freezer)
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. How the derived figures are calculated.