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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Samsung Electronics SRF9800BFH Fridge
Samsung Electronics SRF9800BFH is a 809 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3264).
- Total capacity
- 809 L
- 482 L fridge + 327 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.01
- Annual electricity use
- 666 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $220 / year
- $18.32 / month · $2,198 over 10 years
10% more electricity than the median of 5 comparable 700 L and above french door fridge freezer registrations (603 kWh a year). It uses less than 0% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $21 a year more than the median, $208 over 10 years.
Uses 6% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (712 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 700 L and above 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.
Samsung Electronics SRF9800BFH running cost
- Per month
- $18.32
- Per year
- $220
- 5 years
- $1,099
- 10 years
- $2,198
666 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
- 809 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 482 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 327 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 1,060 L
- fresh food compartment
- 482 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 149 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 149 L gross
- two-star compartment
- 29 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 809 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-Zero ICBCL4850UFDID/S/T820 L495 kWh/yr | 4 | $163 | |
| Sub-Zero ICBCL4850UFDID/S/P820 L495 kWh/yr | 4 | $163 | |
| Samsung Electronics SRF9900BFH809 L603 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $199 | |
| LG GF-V900MBLC847 L620 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $205 |
Fridges similar to the Samsung Electronics SRF9800BFH
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG GF-V900MBLC 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 847 L | 3.5 | 620 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Sub-Zero ICBCL4850UFDID/S/T 1% larger | 820 L | 4 | 495 | 1% larger |
| Sub-Zero ICBCL4850UFDID/S/P 1% larger | 820 L | 4 | 495 | 1% larger |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 809 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Samsung Electronics models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics SRF9900BFH809 L603 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $199 |
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Samsung Electronics SRF9800BFH specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 666 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.009
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 712 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.628
- Country of manufacture
- South Korea
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3264
- GEMS registration id
- 158632
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 31 January 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. Manufacturer: samsung.com. How the derived figures are calculated.