Australia · costs in AUD
Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Chiq CTM255NW2 Fridge
Chiq CTM255NW2 is a 255 L top-mount fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF2863).
- Total capacity
- 255 L
- 201 L fridge + 54 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.53
- Annual electricity use
- 268 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $86 / year
- $7.15 / month · $858 over 10 years
1% more electricity than the median of 41 comparable 200–299 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (265 kWh a year). It uses less than 46% of them.
Uses 26% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (361 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh × 32c/kWh in AUD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 200–299 L top-mount fridge freezer sold in Australia, 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.
Chiq CTM255NW2 running cost
- Per month
- $7.15
- Per year
- $86
- 5 years
- $429
- 10 years
- $858
268 kWh × 32c/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
- 255 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 201 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 54 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 297 L
- fresh food compartment
- 201 L gross, 386 L net
- freezer compartment
- 54 L gross, 129 L net
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 top-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 255 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM255NW5E255 L200 kWh/yr | 5 | $64 | |
| Chiq CTM254NB5E255 L200 kWh/yr | 5 | $64 | |
| Heller HFF243B243 L215 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $69 | |
| Heller HFF243243 L215 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $69 | |
| Solt GGSTM266**266 L228 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $73 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 255 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Chiq CTM255NW2 specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 545 mm
- Height
- 1,700 mm
- Depth
- 590 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 268 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.528
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 361 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.901
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2863
- GEMS registration id
- 147244
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 8 June 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 5
- GEMS group
- Group 5T: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, top-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 5T (frost-free fridge freezer, top-mounted freezer)
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.