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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
LG GF-VN50MBZ Fridge
LG GF-VN50MBZ is a 525 L french door fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF4084).
- Total capacity
- 525 L
- 303 L fridge + 222 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.07
- Annual electricity use
- 415 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $133 / year
- $11.07 / month · $1,328 over 10 years
2% more electricity than the median of 72 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 35% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $3 a year more than the median, $29 over 10 years.
Uses 35% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (638 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 500–599 L french door 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.
LG GF-VN50MBZ running cost
- Per month
- $11.07
- Per year
- $133
- 5 years
- $664
- 10 years
- $1,328
415 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
- 525 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 303 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 222 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 694 L
- zero-star compartment
- 11 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 279 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 211 L gross
- chill compartment
- 24 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 french door fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 525 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Gaggenau RVB477190476 L310 kWh/yr | 5 | $99 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $100 |
Fridges similar to the LG GF-VN50MBZ
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CFD50*N*SD 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 505 L | 4 | 390 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Chiq CFD504NWSD 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 505 L | 4 | 390 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Sharp SJ-FDM525P-DS same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 525 L | 4 | 415 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Dreame DRF524WSMS4AU same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 524 L | 4.5 | 370 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Dreame DRC524WSMS4AU same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 524 L | 4.5 | 370 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mykin MFDF522G same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Inalto IFDF522G same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Inalto IFDF522* same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 525 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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LG GF-VN50MBZ specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- Yes
- Width
- 835 mm
- Height
- 1,787 mm
- Depth
- 696 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 415 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.065
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 638 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.598
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF4084
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4084
- GEMS registration id
- 181140
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 28 July 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- GF-VN50M*Z
- 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: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 23 September 2026; last checked 24 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.