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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Westinghouse WQE6000** Fridge
Westinghouse WQE6000** is a 541 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3917).
- Total capacity
- 541 L
- 398 L fridge + 143 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.18
- Annual electricity use
- 382 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $126 / year
- $10.51 / month · $1,261 over 10 years
6% less electricity than the median of 74 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 61% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $8 a year less than the median, $79 over 10 years.
Uses 33% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (572 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 500–599 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 WQE6000** running cost
- Per month
- $10.51
- Per year
- $126
- 5 years
- $630
- 10 years
- $1,261
382 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
- 541 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 398 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 143 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 653 L
- fresh food compartment
- 398 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 143 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 541 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANU series511 L313 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 |
Fridges similar to the Westinghouse WQE6000**
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RF605QNUVX1 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 537 L | 4 | 396 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RF605QDVX2 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 537 L | 4 | 396 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Sharp SJ-FDM525P-DS 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 525 L | 4 | 415 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Dreame DRF524WSMS4AU 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 524 L | 4.5 | 370 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Dreame DRC524WSMS4AU 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 524 L | 4.5 | 370 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Inalto IFDF522B 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 541 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Westinghouse models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westinghouse WQE5400SD547 L382 kWh/yr | 4 | $126 | |
| Westinghouse WQE5400BD547 L382 kWh/yr | 4 | $126 |
Compare WQE6000** with another fridge
Westinghouse WQE6000** specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,725 mm
- Height
- 896 mm
- Depth
- 781 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 382 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.182
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 572 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.585
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF3917
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3917
- GEMS registration id
- 178003
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- WQE6000**
- 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: electrolux.co.th. How the derived figures are calculated.