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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Panasonic NR-XY680L Fridge
Panasonic NR-XY680L is a 618 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3114).
A newer registration of this model exists: ZRF0840.
- Total capacity
- 618 L
- 406 L fridge + 212 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.65
- Annual electricity use
- 395 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $130 / year
- $10.86 / month · $1,304 over 10 years
21% less electricity than the median of 43 comparable 600–699 L french door fridge freezer registrations (501 kWh a year). It uses less than 84% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $35 a year less than the median, $350 over 10 years.
Uses 36% 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 600–699 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-XY680L running cost
- Per month
- $10.86
- Per year
- $130
- 5 years
- $652
- 10 years
- $1,304
395 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
- 618 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 406 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 212 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 785 L
- freezer compartment
- 212 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 406 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 french door fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 618 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RF600ADX1612 L336 kWh/yr | 5 | $111 | |
| Liebherr Msdh 9012577 L339 kWh/yr | 5 | $112 | |
| TCL TRF576FHB575 L345 kWh/yr | 5 | $114 | |
| TCL TRF576FHC575 L345 kWh/yr | 5 | $114 | |
| Gaggenau RVY497190576 L354 kWh/yr | 5 | $117 |
Fridges similar to the Panasonic NR-XY680L
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG GF-MV600 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 617 L | 4 | 450 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Electrolux EHE6191BB 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 609 L | 3.5 | 501 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Hisense HRCD610TS 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 609 L | 3 | 542 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Hisense HRCD610TB 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 609 L | 3 | 542 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| LG GF-LN700MBL 3% larger, same door count, similar external size | 636 L | 3.5 | 520 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Fisher & Paykel RF600ADX1 1% smaller, similar external size, similar star rating | 612 L | 5 | 336 | 1% smaller, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RF600AD series 1% smaller, similar external size, similar star rating | 612 L | 5 | 358 | 1% smaller, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 618 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Panasonic models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panasonic NR-XY680L618 L395 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $130 |
Compare NR-XY680L with another fridge
Panasonic NR-XY680L specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 900 mm
- Height
- 1,790 mm
- Depth
- 750 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 395 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.650
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 617 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.503
- Country of manufacture
- Vietnam
Related Panasonic model numbers starting with NRXY680L
1 model numbers on 1 other registration. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.
| Model | Registration | Stars | kWh / yr | Registration expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR-XY680L | ZRF0840 | 4.5 | 395 | n/a |
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3114
- GEMS registration id
- 154423
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 23 May 2028
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. Manufacturer: panasonic.com/au. How the derived figures are calculated.