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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
LG GF-B589PLE Fridge
LG GF-B589PLE is a 589 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3456).
- Total capacity
- 589 L
- 402 L fridge + 187 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.51
- Annual electricity use
- 474 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $156 / year
- $13.03 / month · $1,564 over 10 years
17% more electricity than the median of 74 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 11% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $22 a year more than the median, $224 over 10 years.
Uses 21% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (601 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 500–599 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.
LG GF-B589PLE running cost
- Per month
- $13.03
- Per year
- $156
- 5 years
- $782
- 10 years
- $1,564
474 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
- 589 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 402 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 187 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 736 L
- fresh food compartment
- 402 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 187 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 589 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF600ADX1612 L336 kWh/yr | 5 | $111 | |
| Liebherr Msdh 9012577 L339 kWh/yr | 5 | $112 |
Fridges similar to the LG GF-B589PLE
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westinghouse WHE6170BB 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 609 L | 3.5 | 485 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WHE6170SB 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 609 L | 3.5 | 485 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Miele KFMC 3844 FD 2% smaller, same door count | 576 L | 5 | 354 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Gaggenau RVY497190 2% smaller, same door count | 576 L | 5 | 354 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Fisher & Paykel RF600ADPVX1 2% larger, same door count | 602 L | 5 | 357 | 2% larger, same door count |
| Fisher & Paykel RF600A PV series 2% larger, same door count | 602 L | 5 | 357 | 2% larger, same door count |
| TCL TRF576FH* 2% smaller, same door count | 575 L | 5 | 345 | 2% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 589 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other LG models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| LG GF-VN600BM576 L465 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $153 |
Compare GF-B589PLE with another fridge
LG GF-B589PLE specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 836 mm
- Height
- 1,776 mm
- Depth
- 731 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 474 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.511
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 601 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.644
- Country of manufacture
- Vietnam
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3456
- GEMS registration id
- 164785
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 8 October 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.