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French door fridge freezer ยท 4 doors
Samsung Electronics SRFX9450N Fridge
Samsung Electronics SRFX9450N is a 619 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3300).
- Total capacity
- 619 L
- 379 L fridge + 240 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.01
- Annual electricity use
- 561 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $185 / year
- $15.43 / month ยท $1,851 over 10 years
12% more electricity than the median of 43 comparable 600โ699 L french door fridge freezer registrations (501 kWh a year). It uses less than 9% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $20 a year more than the median, $198 over 10 years.
Uses 10% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (625 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh ร 33c/kWh in NZD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 600โ699 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 SRFX9450N running cost
- Per month
- $15.43
- Per year
- $185
- 5 years
- $926
- 10 years
- $1,851
561 kWh ร 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
- 619 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 379 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 240 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 808 L
- fresh food compartment
- 379 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 120 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 120 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 619 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 TRF576FH*575 L345 kWh/yr | 5 | $114 | |
| TCL TRF576FHC575 L345 kWh/yr | 5 | $114 | |
| Gaggenau RVY497190576 L354 kWh/yr | 5 | $117 |
Fridges similar to the Samsung Electronics SRFX9450N
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westinghouse WHE6270SB same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 619 L | 3.5 | 497 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WHE6270** same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 619 L | 3.5 | 497 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRCD610TS 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 609 L | 3 | 542 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Electrolux EQE6870SA 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 609 L | 3.5 | 501 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRCD610TB 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 609 L | 3 | 542 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Electrolux EHE6899** 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 609 L | 3.5 | 501 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GF-LN700MBL 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 636 L | 3.5 | 520 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Panasonic NR-XY680L same capacity, same door count | 618 L | 4.5 | 395 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 619 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Samsung Electronics SRFX9450N specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- โ
- Width
- โ
- Height
- โ
- Depth
- โ
- Annual energy (label)
- 561 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.007
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 625 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.695
- Country of manufacture
- South Korea
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3300
- GEMS registration id
- 159813
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 18 March 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- โ
- 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.