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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
LG GF-V500MBLC Fridge
LG GF-V500MBLC is a 508 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3177).
- Total capacity
- 508 L
- 288 L fridge + 220 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.04
- Annual electricity use
- 500 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $165 / year
- $13.75 / month · $1,650 over 10 years
23% more electricity than the median of 74 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 4% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $31 a year more than the median, $310 over 10 years.
Uses 21% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (631 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-V500MBLC running cost
- Per month
- $13.75
- Per year
- $165
- 5 years
- $825
- 10 years
- $1,650
500 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
- 508 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 288 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 220 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 674 L
- zero-star compartment
- 11 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 288 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 209 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 508 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Gaggenau RVB477190476 L310 kWh/yr | 5 | $102 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 |
Fridges similar to the LG GF-V500MBLC
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CFD50*N*SD same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 505 L | 4 | 390 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Chiq CFD504NWSD same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 505 L | 4 | 390 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Artusi AFDF620X 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 488 L | 3 | 470 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Artusi AFDF620* 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 488 L | 3 | 470 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Panasonic NR-XC541CUHA 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 503 L | 4.5 | 330 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WQE4900*A 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 496 L | 4 | 395 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WQE4900BA 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 496 L | 4 | 395 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 508 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other LG models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| LG GF-V570MBLC508 L500 kWh/yr | 3 | $165 |
Compare GF-V500MBLC with another fridge
LG GF-V500MBLC specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- Yes
- Width
- 835 mm
- Height
- 1,787 mm
- Depth
- 734 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 500 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.037
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 631 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.742
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3177
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3177
- GEMS registration id
- 155894
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 7 August 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- GF-V500
- 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.