New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Kogan KAH478LTMFC Fridge
Kogan KAH478LTMFC is a 478 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3973).
- Total capacity
- 478 L
- 368 L fridge + 110 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.50
- Annual electricity use
- 397 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $131 / year
- $10.92 / month · $1,310 over 10 years
21% more electricity than the median of 39 comparable 400–499 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (329 kWh a year). It uses less than 10% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $22 a year more than the median, $224 over 10 years.
Uses 8% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (434 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 400–499 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.
Kogan KAH478LTMFC running cost
- Per month
- $10.92
- Per year
- $131
- 5 years
- $655
- 10 years
- $1,310
397 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
- 478 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 368 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 110 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 564 L
- fresh food compartment
- 368 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 110 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 478 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HRF450T series443 L309 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $102 | |
| Haier HRF450TG443 L309 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $102 | |
| Chiq CTM513NBS5E515 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 | |
| Chiq CTM512NSS5E515 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 | |
| Samsung Electronics SRT5300S465 L319 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $105 |
Fridges similar to the Kogan KAH478LTMFC
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG GT-5*LE same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 478 L | 4 | 367 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GT-5WLE same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 478 L | 4 | 367 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Euromaid ETM512BKS same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 480 L | 3.5 | 398 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Euro EF512SX same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 480 L | 3.5 | 398 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hoover HV-RTM480 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 480 L | 3.5 | 398 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WTB5404SC 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 503 L | 4 | 353 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 478 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Kogan models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAH480LTMFD480 L398 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $131 | |
| Kogan KAH480LTMFE480 L398 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $131 |
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Kogan KAH478LTMFC specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 397 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.504
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 434 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.703
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3973
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3973
- GEMS registration id
- 180054
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 9 June 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KAH478LTMF*
- 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. How the derived figures are calculated.