New Zealand · costs in NZD
French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Omega OIF4DF526PRO Fridge
Omega OIF4DF526PRO is a 526 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3441).
- Total capacity
- 526 L
- 333 L fridge + 193 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5.5
- Star rating index 5.52
- Annual electricity use
- 300 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $99 / year
- $8.25 / month · $990 over 10 years
26% less electricity than the median of 74 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 96% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $35 a year less than the median, $350 over 10 years.
Uses 51% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (617 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.
Omega OIF4DF526PRO running cost
- Per month
- $8.25
- Per year
- $99
- 5 years
- $495
- 10 years
- $990
300 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
- 526 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 333 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 193 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 666 L
- fresh food compartment
- 333 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 175 L gross
- zero-star compartment
- 18 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.
Fridges similar to the Omega OIF4DF526PRO
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilve R96BICDAU same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 526 L | 5.5 | 300 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| LG GF-VN50MBZ same capacity, same door count | 525 L | 4 | 415 | same capacity, same door count |
| Sharp SJ-FDM525P-DS same capacity, same door count | 525 L | 4 | 415 | same capacity, same door count |
| LG GF-VN50M*Z same capacity, same door count | 525 L | 4 | 415 | same capacity, same door count |
| Dreame DRC524WSMS4AU same capacity, same door count | 524 L | 4.5 | 370 | same capacity, same door count |
| Dreame DRF524WSMS4AU same capacity, same door count | 524 L | 4.5 | 370 | same capacity, same door count |
| Inalto IFDF522B same capacity, same door count | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 526 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Omega models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 |
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Omega OIF4DF526PRO specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 962 mm
- Height
- 1,996 mm
- Depth
- 572 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 300 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.520
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 617 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.450
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3441
- GEMS registration id
- 164494
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 22 September 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.