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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Kogan KAM431FRSF* Fridge
Kogan KAM431FRSF* is a 431 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF2781).
- Total capacity
- 431 L
- 294 L fridge + 137 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.17
- Annual electricity use
- 418 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $138 / year
- $11.50 / month · $1,379 over 10 years
17% more electricity than the median of 43 comparable 400–499 L french door fridge freezer registrations (356 kWh a year). It uses less than 30% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $20 a year more than the median, $205 over 10 years.
Uses 22% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (533 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 french door 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 KAM431FRSF* running cost
- Per month
- $11.50
- Per year
- $138
- 5 years
- $690
- 10 years
- $1,379
418 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
- 431 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 294 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 137 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 539 L
- freezer compartment
- 137 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 294 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 french door fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 431 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCL C440BF*412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| TCL C440BFC412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Kogan KAT412BMFWA412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Kogan KAT412BMFWB412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Eurotech 352387382 L261 kWh/yr | 5 | $86 |
Fridges similar to the Kogan KAM431FRSF*
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-HS421EX series 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 421 L | 4 | 345 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-HS421EX-SDS-A 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 421 L | 4 | 345 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| TCL P421CDW 2% smaller, same door count | 421 L | 4 | 356 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Omega OFDF473X 2% smaller, same door count | 421 L | 4 | 356 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Eurotech ED-RFFD473SS.2 2% smaller, same door count | 421 L | 4 | 356 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| TCL P421CDN 2% smaller, same door count | 421 L | 4 | 356 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Panasonic NR-XZ520C 3% larger, same door count | 445 L | 4.5 | 320 | 3% larger, same door count |
| Omega OIFDF439 2% larger, similar star rating | 439 L | 3 | 447 | 2% larger, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 431 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare KAM431FRSF* with another fridge
Kogan KAM431FRSF* specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 713 mm
- Height
- 1,808 mm
- Depth
- 731 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 418 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.173
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 533 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.776
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF2781
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2781
- GEMS registration id
- 143189
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 13 December 2026
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KAM431FRSF*
- 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 three or more doors
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.