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Bar fridge · 1 door
Stirling STR-CBF46LMG Fridge
Stirling STR-CBF46LMG is a 46 L bar fridge registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3912).
- Total capacity
- 46 L
- 46 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.07
- Annual electricity use
- 97 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $32 / year
- $2.67 / month · $320 over 10 years
8% less electricity than the median of 179 comparable Under 200 L bar fridge registrations (105 kWh a year). It uses less than 64% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $3 a year less than the median, $26 over 10 years.
Uses 49% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (192 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.
Stirling STR-CBF46LMG running cost
- Per month
- $2.67
- Per year
- $32
- 5 years
- $160
- 10 years
- $320
97 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
- 46 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 46 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 46 L
- fresh food compartment
- 46 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 46 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HRF40UW242 L78 kWh/yr | 4 | $26 | |
| Schmick HUS-BC46*-*46 L80 kWh/yr | 4 | $26 | |
| Hisense HRBF4645 L80 kWh/yr | 4 | $26 | |
| Schmick HUS-BC46B246 L80 kWh/yr | 4 | $26 | |
| TECO TBF41BMAH41 L86 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $28 |
Fridges similar to the Stirling STR-CBF46LMG
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CSR046DW same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 46 L | 3.5 | 88 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAH46LBRSFA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 46 L | 2.5 | 108 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAH46LBRSF* same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 46 L | 2.5 | 108 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Nero 744046 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 46 L | 2.5 | 108 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Tuscany ED-BF48WH same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 46 L | 2.5 | 108 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Eurotech Bar Fridge 4XL same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 46 L | 2.5 | 108 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Eurotech T-BF47WH same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 46 L | 2.5 | 108 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Iceland 354045 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 45 L | 3 | 97 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 46 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Stirling STR-CBF46LMG specifications
- Type
- Bar fridge
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 97 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.075
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 192 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 2.109
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3912
- GEMS registration id
- 179002
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 6 May 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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.