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Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) · 1 door
Solt GGSBC131** Fridge
Solt GGSBC131** is a 131 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3930).
- Total capacity
- 131 L
- 131 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 2.57
- Annual electricity use
- 122 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $40 / year
- $3.36 / month · $403 over 10 years
22% more electricity than the median of 57 comparable Under 200 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registrations (100 kWh a year). It uses less than 26% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $7 a year more than the median, $73 over 10 years.
Uses 41% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (206 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 Under 200 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) 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.
Solt GGSBC131** running cost
- Per month
- $3.36
- Per year
- $40
- 5 years
- $201
- 10 years
- $403
122 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
- 131 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 131 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 94 L
- cellar compartment
- 131 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 wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)s that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 131 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RS6009SBL1130 L59 kWh/yr | 6 | $19 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RS6009SBLT1130 L71 kWh/yr | 5 | $23 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAM130LAFG* same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 131 L | 2.5 | 122 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM130LAFGA same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 131 L | 2.5 | 122 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Husky SC-130.1 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 130 L | 2.5 | 120 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Husky HUS-130CNSIL.1 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 130 L | 2.5 | 120 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Meisda SC130 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 130 L | 1 | 189 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Kolner fdg-yge-bc-130L same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 130 L | 1 | 189 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Mistral MBBF145BI-F 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 135 L | 2 | 138 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mistral MBBF145BI 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 135 L | 2 | 138 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 131 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Solt GGSBC131** specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 545 mm
- Height
- 855 mm
- Depth
- 565 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 122 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.575
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 206 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.304
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3930
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3930
- GEMS registration id
- 179584
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 14 May 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- GGSBC131**
- Designation
- Cooled appliance
- Product class
- Class 2
- GEMS group
- Group 2: refrigerator with or without an ice-making compartment, manual defrost
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- Designated a cooled appliance by the registrant
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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.