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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Panasonic NR-XC541CUHA Fridge
Panasonic NR-XC541CUHA is a 503 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0906).
- Total capacity
- 503 L
- 317 L fridge + 186 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.98
- Annual electricity use
- 330 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $109 / year
- $9.08 / month · $1,089 over 10 years
19% less electricity than the median of 74 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 92% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $25 a year less than the median, $251 over 10 years.
Uses 42% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (571 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.
Panasonic NR-XC541CUHA running cost
- Per month
- $9.08
- Per year
- $109
- 5 years
- $545
- 10 years
- $1,089
330 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
- 503 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 317 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 186 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 649 L
- fresh food compartment
- 317 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 186 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 503 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Gaggenau RVB477190476 L310 kWh/yr | 5 | $102 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CCD502NBS same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 503 L | 4 | 397 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Chiq CCD***N** same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 503 L | 4 | 397 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| LG GF-L500 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 506 L | 4.5 | 373 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| LG GF-LN500PL same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 506 L | 4.5 | 373 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WQE4900BA 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 496 L | 4 | 395 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WQE4900AA 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 496 L | 4 | 395 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Sharp SJ-FDM525P-DS 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 525 L | 4 | 415 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 503 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Panasonic NR-XC541CUHA specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 853 mm
- Height
- 1,775 mm
- Depth
- 686 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 330 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.982
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 571 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.508
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0906
- GEMS registration id
- 166012
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 6
- GEMS group
- Group 5B: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, bottom-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2E
- 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: panasonic.co.nz. How the derived figures are calculated.