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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Whirlpool WQ70900SBX Fridge
Whirlpool WQ70900SBX is a 594 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3838).
- Total capacity
- 594 L
- 388 L fridge + 206 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.02
- Annual electricity use
- 438 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $145 / year
- $12.05 / month · $1,445 over 10 years
8% more electricity than the median of 74 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 20% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $11 a year more than the median, $106 over 10 years.
Uses 28% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (607 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.
Whirlpool WQ70900SBX running cost
- Per month
- $12.05
- Per year
- $145
- 5 years
- $723
- 10 years
- $1,445
438 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
- 594 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 388 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 206 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 756 L
- freezer compartment
- 103 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 388 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 103 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.
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Same type, total capacity within 12% of 594 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 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF600ADX1612 L336 kWh/yr | 5 | $111 | |
| Liebherr Msdh 9012577 L339 kWh/yr | 5 | $112 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics SRFX9500N same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 596 L | 3.5 | 465 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
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| Bosch KFN96APEAA 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 605 L | 4.5 | 395 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
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| Electrolux EHE6899SA 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 609 L | 3.5 | 501 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Electrolux EHE6899** 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 609 L | 3.5 | 501 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 594 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Whirlpool WQ70900SBX specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 438 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.015
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 607 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.579
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3838
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3838
- GEMS registration id
- 177275
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- WQ70900
- 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: whirlpool.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.