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Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Westinghouse WBE4500SC Fridge
Westinghouse WBE4500SC is a 425 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3826).
- Total capacity
- 425 L
- 300 L fridge + 125 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.87
- Annual electricity use
- 292 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $96 / year
- $8.03 / month · $964 over 10 years
5% less electricity than the median of 70 comparable 400–499 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (309 kWh a year). It uses less than 60% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $6 a year less than the median, $56 over 10 years.
Uses 45% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (528 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 bottom-mount 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.
Westinghouse WBE4500SC running cost
- Per month
- $8.03
- Per year
- $96
- 5 years
- $482
- 10 years
- $964
292 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
- 425 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 300 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 125 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 523 L
- freezer compartment
- 125 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 300 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 bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 425 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRBM418E417 L153 kWh/yr | 8 | $50 | |
| Haier HRF420BEC433 L155 kWh/yr | 8 | $51 | |
| Hisense HRBM418D417 L187 kWh/yr | 7 | $62 | |
| Electrolux EBE4302BE425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 | |
| Electrolux EBE4302*E425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 |
Fridges similar to the Westinghouse WBE4500SC
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvinator KBM4502** same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 425 L | 3.5 | 377 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Kelvinator KBM4502WC same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 425 L | 3.5 | 377 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Eurotech ED-RFB428SS same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 427 L | 4 | 335 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRL4200B same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 427 L | 5 | 285 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRL4200S same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 427 L | 5 | 285 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Artusi AFBM462X same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 427 L | 4 | 335 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GB-455WL 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 420 L | 5 | 286 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GB-455PL 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 420 L | 5 | 286 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 425 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Westinghouse WBE4500SC specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,725 mm
- Height
- 699 mm
- Depth
- 723 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 292 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.872
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 528 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.558
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF3826
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3826
- GEMS registration id
- 177117
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- WBE450***
- 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 one or two 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: electrolux.co.th. How the derived figures are calculated.