Australia · costs in AUD
Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Chiq CTM346NSB5E Fridge
Chiq CTM346NSB5E is a 348 L top-mount fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF4189).
- Total capacity
- 348 L
- 270 L fridge + 78 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.01
- Annual electricity use
- 242 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $77 / year
- $6.45 / month · $774 over 10 years
22% less electricity than the median of 49 comparable 300–399 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (312 kWh a year). It uses less than 96% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $22 a year less than the median, $224 over 10 years.
Uses 37% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (385 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 300–399 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 CTM346NSB5E running cost
- Per month
- $6.45
- Per year
- $77
- 5 years
- $387
- 10 years
- $774
242 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
- 348 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 270 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 78 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 409 L
- freezer compartment
- 78 L gross, 129 L net
- fresh food compartment
- 270 L gross, 386 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.
Fridges similar to the Chiq CTM346NSB5E
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esatto ETM338 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 338 L | 4 | 293 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Esatto ETM338W 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 338 L | 4 | 293 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Seiki SC-338AUTMSSINV 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 338 L | 4 | 293 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Midea MDRT489MTE01AP 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 338 L | 4 | 293 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Hitachi HRTN6379SXAU 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 344 L | 4.5 | 270 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRTF325_series 6% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 326 L | 4.5 | 256 | 6% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 348 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Chiq models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM348NW5E348 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $77 | |
| Chiq CTM347NB5E348 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $77 |
Compare CTM346NSB5E with another fridge
Chiq CTM346NSB5E specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 590 mm
- Height
- 1,700 mm
- Depth
- 685 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 242 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.009
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 385 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.591
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF4189
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4189
- GEMS registration id
- 182456
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 13 September 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- CTM34*N**5E
- 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.