New Zealand · costs in NZD
Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
LG GB-W455MBL Fridge
LG GB-W455MBL is a 420 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3980).
- Total capacity
- 420 L
- 287 L fridge + 133 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.00
- Annual electricity use
- 286 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $94 / year
- $7.86 / month · $944 over 10 years
7% less electricity than the median of 70 comparable 400–499 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (309 kWh a year). It uses less than 64% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $8 a year less than the median, $76 over 10 years.
Uses 46% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (528 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 bottom-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.
LG GB-W455MBL running cost
- Per month
- $7.86
- Per year
- $94
- 5 years
- $472
- 10 years
- $944
286 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
- 420 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 287 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 133 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 524 L
- freezer compartment
- 133 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 287 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 bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 420 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRBM418E417 L153 kWh/yr | 8 | $50 | |
| Haier HRF420BEC433 L155 kWh/yr | 8 | $51 | |
| Hisense HRBM418D417 L187 kWh/yr | 7 | $62 | |
| Electrolux EBE4302*E425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 | |
| Electrolux EBE4302WE425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 |
Fridges similar to the LG GB-W455MBL
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vogue 352418 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 416 L | 5 | 273 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAT416BMFNA 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 416 L | 5 | 273 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TCL TRF445BB 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 416 L | 5 | 273 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TCL P445BFG 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 416 L | 5 | 273 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAT416BMFNF 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 416 L | 5 | 273 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WBE4302*E 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 425 L | 5 | 282 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WBE4302WE 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 425 L | 5 | 282 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRBM418E same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 417 L | 8 | 153 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 420 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare GB-W455MBL with another fridge
LG GB-W455MBL specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 700 mm
- Height
- 1,720 mm
- Depth
- 700 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 286 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.002
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 528 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.545
- Country of manufacture
- China
Related LG model numbers starting with GB455
3 model numbers on 1 other registration. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.
| Model | Registration | Stars | kWh / yr | Registration expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB-455**E | ARF3981 | 4 | 348 | 15 August 2031 |
| GB-455BLE | ARF3981 | 4 | 348 | 15 August 2031 |
| GB-455UPLE | ARF3981 | 4 | 348 | 15 August 2031 |
Other model numbers on registration ARF3980
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3980
- GEMS registration id
- 177396
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- GB-455
- 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 one or two 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.