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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
TCL TRF495FHB Fridge
TCL TRF495FHB is a 496 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3752).
- Total capacity
- 496 L
- 347 L fridge + 149 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.00
- Annual electricity use
- 314 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $104 / year
- $8.64 / month · $1,036 over 10 years
12% less electricity than the median of 43 comparable 400–499 L french door fridge freezer registrations (356 kWh a year). It uses less than 86% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $14 a year less than the median, $139 over 10 years.
Uses 44% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (558 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 400–499 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.
TCL TRF495FHB running cost
- Per month
- $8.64
- Per year
- $104
- 5 years
- $518
- 10 years
- $1,036
314 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
- 496 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 347 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 149 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 613 L
- fresh food compartment
- 347 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 149 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 496 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panasonic NR-CW530J same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 493 L | 4.5 | 338 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Panasonic NR-CW530J same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 493 L | 4.5 | 338 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAMFREN522C 5% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | 5% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAMFREN522A 5% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | 5% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RF500QN series same capacity, similar external size, similar star rating | 498 L | 5 | 320 | same capacity, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RF500QNX1 same capacity, similar external size, similar star rating | 498 L | 5 | 320 | same capacity, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF520FG 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 489 L | 4.5 | 336 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF520FS 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 489 L | 4.5 | 336 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 496 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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TCL TRF495FHB specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 759 mm
- Height
- 1,780 mm
- Depth
- 733 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 314 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.002
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 558 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.512
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3752
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3752
- GEMS registration id
- 171110
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 12 November 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- TRF495FH*
- 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: snowky.cn. How the derived figures are calculated.