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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Coldstream CSKE4200BK WAT Fridge
Coldstream CSKE4200BK WAT is a 398 L top-mount fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF2943).
- Total capacity
- 398 L
- 295 L fridge + 103 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.73
- Annual electricity use
- 345 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $110 / year
- $9.20 / month · $1,104 over 10 years
11% more electricity than the median of 49 comparable 300–399 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (312 kWh a year). It uses less than 10% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $11 a year more than the median, $106 over 10 years.
Uses 15% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (407 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.
Coldstream CSKE4200BK WAT running cost
- Per month
- $9.20
- Per year
- $110
- 5 years
- $552
- 10 years
- $1,104
345 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
- 398 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 295 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 103 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 479 L
- fresh food compartment
- 295 L gross, 295 L net
- freezer compartment
- 103 L gross, 103 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 398 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi HRTN6408SXAU374 L257 kWh/yr | 5 | $82 | |
| Hitachi HRTN6408SPWHAU374 L257 kWh/yr | 5 | $82 | |
| Chiq CTM408NSS5E410 L270 kWh/yr | 5 | $86 | |
| Chiq CTM40*N*S5E410 L270 kWh/yr | 5 | $86 | |
| Heller HFF413B413 L294 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $94 |
Fridges similar to the Coldstream CSKE4200BK WAT
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yokohama YOKF401W same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 400 L | 3.5 | 360 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| LG GT-6S same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 395 L | 4 | 319 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| LG GT-6 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 395 L | 4 | 319 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Yokohama YOKF415W 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 415 L | 4 | 329 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TCL P454TMB 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 415 L | 4 | 329 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Nero 744400 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 415 L | 4 | 329 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 398 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Coldstream models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldstream CSKE4200SS400 L360 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $115 | |
| Coldstream CSKE4200**400 L360 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $115 |
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Coldstream CSKE4200BK WAT specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 695 mm
- Height
- 1,725 mm
- Depth
- 670 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 345 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.731
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 407 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.720
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2943
- GEMS registration id
- 148509
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 20 October 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.