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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Westinghouse WQE4900AA Fridge
Westinghouse WQE4900AA is a 496 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3039).
- Total capacity
- 496 L
- 310 L fridge + 186 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.05
- Annual electricity use
- 395 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $130 / year
- $10.86 / month · $1,304 over 10 years
11% more electricity than the median of 43 comparable 400–499 L french door fridge freezer registrations (356 kWh a year). It uses less than 35% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $13 a year more than the median, $129 over 10 years.
Uses 30% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (568 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.
Westinghouse WQE4900AA running cost
- Per month
- $10.86
- Per year
- $130
- 5 years
- $652
- 10 years
- $1,304
395 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
- 310 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 186 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 642 L
- fresh food compartment
- 310 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 186 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Gaggenau RVB477190476 L310 kWh/yr | 5 | $102 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 |
Fridges similar to the Westinghouse WQE4900AA
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG GF-LN500MBL 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 506 L | 4.5 | 373 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| LG GF-L500 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 506 L | 4.5 | 373 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Midea MERF632FIF28APD 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 474 L | 3.5 | 420 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Omega O4DF474DS 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 474 L | 3.5 | 420 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Omega O4DF474WG 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 474 L | 3.5 | 420 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Artusi AFDF620X 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 488 L | 3 | 470 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 496 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Westinghouse models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westinghouse WQE4960AA492 L395 kWh/yr | 4 | $130 | |
| Westinghouse WQE4960*A492 L395 kWh/yr | 4 | $130 |
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Westinghouse WQE4900AA specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 836 mm
- Height
- 1,780 mm
- Depth
- 706 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 395 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.046
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 568 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.615
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3039
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3039
- GEMS registration id
- 151999
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 6 February 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- WQE4900*A
- 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. How the derived figures are calculated.