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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Kogan KA197LTMFHD Fridge
Kogan KA197LTMFHD is a 197 L top-mount fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3460).
- Total capacity
- 197 L
- 145 L fridge + 52 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.03
- Annual electricity use
- 215 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $69 / year
- $5.73 / month · $688 over 10 years
10% less electricity than the median of 13 comparable Under 200 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (238 kWh a year). It uses less than 92% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $7 a year less than the median, $74 over 10 years.
Uses 35% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (331 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 Under 200 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.
Kogan KA197LTMFHD running cost
- Per month
- $5.73
- Per year
- $69
- 5 years
- $344
- 10 years
- $688
215 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
- 197 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 145 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 52 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 238 L
- fresh food compartment
- 145 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 52 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 top-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 197 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM200NSS5E202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $58 | |
| Chiq CTM202NW5E202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $58 | |
| Hisense HRTF206205 L196 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $63 | |
| Hisense HRTF206series205 L196 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $63 | |
| Haier HRF210T Series208 L201 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $64 |
Fridges similar to the Kogan KA197LTMFHD
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nero 744198 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| TCL P220TMB same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Heller HFF261S same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Sharp SJ-THM197-SL same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 4 | 216 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Heller HFF261 series same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF200T Series same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| TCL P220TMW same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF200TS-LH same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 197 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Kogan KA197LTMFHD specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 215 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.027
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 331 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.904
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3460
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3460
- GEMS registration id
- 164731
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 20 October 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KA197LTMFH*
- 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.