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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Kelvinator KTB2502WB Fridge
Kelvinator KTB2502WB is a 225 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3963).
- Total capacity
- 225 L
- 163 L fridge + 62 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 2.57
- Annual electricity use
- 312 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $103 / year
- $8.58 / month · $1,030 over 10 years
15% more electricity than the median of 49 comparable 200–299 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (272 kWh a year). It uses less than 2% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $13 a year more than the median, $132 over 10 years.
Uses 9% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (343 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.
Kelvinator KTB2502WB running cost
- Per month
- $8.58
- Per year
- $103
- 5 years
- $515
- 10 years
- $1,030
312 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
- 225 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 163 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 62 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 274 L
- freezer compartment
- 62 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 163 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 225 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM200NSS5E202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $59 | |
| Chiq CTM200NSS5E202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $59 | |
| Panasonic NR-TC221BUSA202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $59 | |
| Hisense HRTF206205 L196 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $65 | |
| Hisense HRTF206series205 L196 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $65 |
Fridges similar to the Kelvinator KTB2502WB
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westinghouse WTB2500AH same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 225 L | 3 | 279 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WTB2500WH same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 225 L | 3 | 279 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRT346MTF28AP 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRT346MTF28AP 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF236SNTDM 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF236WNTDM 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 225 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Kelvinator models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvinator KTB2302WB211 L303 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $100 | |
| Kelvinator KTB2302**211 L303 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $100 |
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Kelvinator KTB2502WB specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,470 mm
- Height
- 540 mm
- Depth
- 615 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 312 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.570
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 343 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.140
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF3963
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3963
- GEMS registration id
- 177960
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 13 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KTB2502**
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. Manufacturer: electrolux.co.th. How the derived figures are calculated.