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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Samsung Electronics SRFX9400BG Fridge
Samsung Electronics SRFX9400BG is a 646 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3278).
- Total capacity
- 646 L
- 396 L fridge + 250 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.00
- Annual electricity use
- 573 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $189 / year
- $15.76 / month · $1,891 over 10 years
14% more electricity than the median of 43 comparable 600–699 L french door fridge freezer registrations (501 kWh a year). It uses less than 0% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $24 a year more than the median, $238 over 10 years.
Uses 10% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (635 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.
Samsung Electronics SRFX9400BG running cost
- Per month
- $15.76
- Per year
- $189
- 5 years
- $945
- 10 years
- $1,891
573 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
- 646 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 396 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 250 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 836 L
- two-star compartment
- 29 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 396 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 111 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 111 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 646 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 TRF576FHW575 L345 kWh/yr | 5 | $114 | |
| TCL TRF576FHB575 L345 kWh/yr | 5 | $114 | |
| Gaggenau RVY497190576 L354 kWh/yr | 5 | $117 |
Fridges similar to the Samsung Electronics SRFX9400BG
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG GF-V700 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 642 L | 3 | 560 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GF-V700MBLC same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 642 L | 3 | 560 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRFD642BW same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 640 L | 3.5 | 520 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WHE6351SA 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 630 L | 3.5 | 485 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WHE6351*A 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 630 L | 3.5 | 485 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hitachi R-WB700VT0X-1 MGW same capacity, same door count | 645 L | 4 | 450 | same capacity, same door count |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LA635ER-GBK-A 2% smaller, same door count | 635 L | 4 | 441 | 2% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 646 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 SRF7500SB648 L522 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $172 |
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Samsung Electronics SRFX9400BG specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 573 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.001
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 635 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.685
- Country of manufacture
- South Korea
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3278
- GEMS registration id
- 158623
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 18 February 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.