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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Chiq CTM255NW5E Fridge
Chiq CTM255NW5E is a 255 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3214).
A newer registration of this model exists: ARF4188.
- Total capacity
- 255 L
- 201 L fridge + 54 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.00
- Annual electricity use
- 200 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $66 / year
- $5.50 / month · $660 over 10 years
26% less electricity than the median of 49 comparable 200–299 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (272 kWh a year). It uses less than 88% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $24 a year less than the median, $238 over 10 years.
Uses 45% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (361 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh × 33c/kWh in NZD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 200–299 L top-mount fridge freezer sold in New Zealand, 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 CTM255NW5E running cost
- Per month
- $5.50
- Per year
- $66
- 5 years
- $330
- 10 years
- $660
200 kWh × 33c/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
- 255 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 201 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 54 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 297 L
- freezer compartment
- 54 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 201 L gross, 166 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 CTM255NW5E
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solt GGSTM266B1 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 266 L | 4.5 | 228 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MTM266* 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 266 L | 4.5 | 228 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto ETM266W 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 266 L | 4.5 | 228 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Solt GGSTM266W1 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 266 L | 4.5 | 228 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MTM266B 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 266 L | 4.5 | 228 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto ETM266* 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 266 L | 4.5 | 228 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 255 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Chiq models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM254NB5E255 L200 kWh/yr | 5 | $66 | |
| Chiq CTM255NW5E255 L200 kWh/yr | 5 | $66 |
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Chiq CTM255NW5E specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 545 mm
- Height
- 1,700 mm
- Depth
- 590 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 200 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.003
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 361 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.672
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3214
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3214
- GEMS registration id
- 157236
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 October 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- CTM250 series
- 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: E3 programme registration data (EECA, New Zealand) (trans-Tasman E3 registration data published by DCCEEW on data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.