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Bar fridge · 1 door
Solt GGSCF99* Fridge
Solt GGSCF99* is a 99 L bar fridge registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3480).
- Total capacity
- 99 L
- 99 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.02
- Annual electricity use
- 83 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $27 / year
- $2.28 / month · $274 over 10 years
21% less electricity than the median of 179 comparable Under 200 L bar fridge registrations (105 kWh a year). It uses less than 89% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $7 a year less than the median, $73 over 10 years.
Uses 59% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (204 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 bar fridge 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 GGSCF99* running cost
- Per month
- $2.28
- Per year
- $27
- 5 years
- $137
- 10 years
- $274
83 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
- 99 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 99 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 99 L
- fresh food compartment
- 99 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 bar fridges that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 99 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF97W97 L70 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $23 |
Fridges similar to the Solt GGSCF99*
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZC same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto ECF99W same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto ECF99B same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Stirling STR-CF99RM same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Seiki SC-100AU8CH same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZD same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 5 | 83 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Haier HCF97W 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 97 L | 5.5 | 70 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WIM1000WC same capacity, same door count | 99 L | 3 | 123 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 99 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare GGSCF99* with another fridge
Solt GGSCF99* specifications
- Type
- Bar fridge
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 547 mm
- Height
- 850 mm
- Depth
- 446 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 83 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.019
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 204 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.838
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3480
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3480
- GEMS registration id
- 165238
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 November 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- GGSCF99*
- Designation
- Refrigerator
- 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 refrigerator (GEMS groups 1 to 3) with a total volume under 200 L
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.