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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Kelvinator KTB2802WB Fridge
Kelvinator KTB2802WB is a 256 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3964).
- Total capacity
- 256 L
- 194 L fridge + 62 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 2.73
- Annual electricity use
- 320 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $106 / year
- $8.80 / month · $1,056 over 10 years
18% more electricity than the median of 49 comparable 200–299 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (272 kWh a year). It uses less than 0% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $16 a year more than the median, $158 over 10 years.
Uses 9% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (352 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 KTB2802WB running cost
- Per month
- $8.80
- Per year
- $106
- 5 years
- $528
- 10 years
- $1,056
320 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
- 256 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 194 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 62 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 305 L
- freezer compartment
- 62 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 194 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 256 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM255NW5E255 L200 kWh/yr | 5 | $66 | |
| Chiq CTM25*N**5E255 L200 kWh/yr | 5 | $66 | |
| Heller HFF243B243 L215 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $71 | |
| Heller HFF243 series243 L215 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $71 | |
| Solt GGSTM266B1266 L228 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $75 |
Fridges similar to the Kelvinator KTB2802WB
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinhood RHTMF269W 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 248 L | 3 | 293 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Euromaid ETM269BKS 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 248 L | 3 | 293 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Eurotech ED-RFT268SS.2 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 248 L | 3 | 293 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Robinhood RHTMF269 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 248 L | 3 | 293 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hoover HV-RTM248 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 248 L | 3 | 293 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Euromaid ETM269 series 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 248 L | 3 | 293 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Akai AK-248-TM 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 248 L | 3 | 293 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Chiq CTM25*N**5E same capacity, same door count | 255 L | 5 | 200 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 256 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Kelvinator KTB2802WB specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,605 mm
- Height
- 540 mm
- Depth
- 615 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 320 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.732
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 352 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.050
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ARF3964
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3964
- GEMS registration id
- 177962
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 13 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KTB2802**
- 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.