New Zealand · costs in NZD
Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Whirlpool WB3260IU** Fridge
Whirlpool WB3260IU** is a 290 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3999).
- Total capacity
- 290 L
- 221 L fridge + 69 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5.5
- Star rating index 5.59
- Annual electricity use
- 195 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $64 / year
- $5.36 / month · $644 over 10 years
20% less electricity than the median of 55 comparable 200–299 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (244 kWh a year). It uses less than 69% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $16 a year less than the median, $162 over 10 years.
Uses 58% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (466 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 200–299 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.
Whirlpool WB3260IU** running cost
- Per month
- $5.36
- Per year
- $64
- 5 years
- $322
- 10 years
- $644
195 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
- 290 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 221 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 69 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 344 L
- fresh food compartment
- 221 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 69 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 290 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RB6018BRV269 L132 kWh/yr | 7 | $44 | |
| V-zug CCO6T-51149282 L173 kWh/yr | 6 | $57 |
Fridges similar to the Whirlpool WB3260IU**
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurotech 352293 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 293 L | 5 | 226 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Chiq CBM280NB5E 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 283 L | 5.5 | 200 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Chiq CBM283NW5E 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 283 L | 5.5 | 200 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| V-zug CCO6T-51149 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 282 L | 6 | 173 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RS6019BRU1 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 303 L | 5 | 244 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Vogue 352304 2% smaller, same door count | 283 L | 3 | 330 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Samsung Electronics SRL304NW 3% smaller, same door count | 280 L | 3 | 335 | 3% smaller, same door count |
| Samsung Electronics SRL325DMB 6% larger, same door count | 307 L | 3 | 348 | 6% larger, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 290 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare WB3260IU** with another fridge
Whirlpool WB3260IU** specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 195 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.588
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 466 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.567
- Country of manufacture
- India
Other model numbers on registration ARF3999
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3999
- GEMS registration id
- 180220
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- WB3260IU**
- 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: whirlpool.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.