Australia · costs in AUD
Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Samsung Electronics SRL304NW Fridge
Samsung Electronics SRL304NW is a 280 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF4047).
- Total capacity
- 280 L
- 188 L fridge + 92 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.00
- Annual electricity use
- 335 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $107 / year
- $8.93 / month · $1,072 over 10 years
34% more electricity than the median of 42 comparable 200–299 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (250 kWh a year). It uses less than 0% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $27 a year more than the median, $272 over 10 years.
Uses 29% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (469 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 bottom-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.
Samsung Electronics SRL304NW running cost
- Per month
- $8.93
- Per year
- $107
- 5 years
- $536
- 10 years
- $1,072
335 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
- 280 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 188 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 92 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 352 L
- fresh food compartment
- 188 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 92 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 bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 280 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RB6018BRV269 L132 kWh/yr | 7 | $42 | |
| V-zug CCO6T-51149282 L173 kWh/yr | 6 | $55 | |
| Liebherr ICNh 5103253 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $56 | |
| Miele KFNS 7784 D254 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $56 | |
| Liebherr ICNh 5173254 L176 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $56 |
Fridges similar to the Samsung Electronics SRL304NW
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V-zug CCO6T-51149 same capacity, same door count | 282 L | 6 | 173 | same capacity, same door count |
| Chiq CBM280NB5E 1% larger, same door count | 283 L | 5.5 | 200 | 1% larger, same door count |
| Chiq CBM282NBS5E 1% larger, same door count | 283 L | 5.5 | 200 | 1% larger, same door count |
| DE Dietrich DRC9355AN 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 267 L | 3.5 | 280 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Whirlpool WB3260IUXX 4% larger, same door count | 290 L | 5.5 | 195 | 4% larger, same door count |
| Whirlpool WB3260IUBL 4% larger, same door count | 290 L | 5.5 | 195 | 4% larger, same door count |
| Fisher & Paykel RB6018BRV 4% smaller, same door count | 269 L | 7 | 132 | 4% smaller, same door count |
| Omega OIFFBM267 5% smaller, same door count | 267 L | 4.5 | 225 | 5% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 280 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Samsung Electronics SRL304NW specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 335 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.002
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 469 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.951
- Country of manufacture
- Vietnam
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4047
- GEMS registration id
- 180847
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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 one or two doors
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. Manufacturer: samsung.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.