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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
LG GK-BD380MBZ Fridge
LG GK-BD380MBZ is a 386 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF4136).
- Total capacity
- 386 L
- 241 L fridge + 145 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.51
- Annual electricity use
- 377 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $124 / year
- $10.37 / month · $1,244 over 10 years
18% more electricity than the median of 13 comparable 300–399 L french door fridge freezer registrations (320 kWh a year). It uses less than 15% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $19 a year more than the median, $188 over 10 years.
Uses 27% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (520 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 300–399 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 GK-BD380MBZ running cost
- Per month
- $10.37
- Per year
- $124
- 5 years
- $622
- 10 years
- $1,244
377 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
- 386 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 241 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 145 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 500 L
- freezer compartment
- 96 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 241 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 49 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 386 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCL C440BFC412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| TCL TRF440BHB412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Kogan KAT412BMFWB412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Kogan KAT412BMFWF412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Eurotech 352387382 L261 kWh/yr | 5 | $86 |
Fridges similar to the LG GK-BD380MBZ
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-CX363EXL-SS-A 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 363 L | 3.5 | 320 | 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-CX363EX-AG-A 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 363 L | 3.5 | 320 | 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Inalto IIFF341 12% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 341 L | 3.5 | 324 | 12% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Omega OIFF341 12% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 341 L | 3.5 | 324 | 12% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RS80A series 8% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 417 L | 3 | 411 | 8% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RS80AU1 8% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 417 L | 3 | 411 | 8% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Eurotech 352387 1% smaller | 382 L | 5 | 261 | 1% smaller |
| Kogan KAHFREN362A 6% smaller, similar star rating | 362 L | 3 | 390 | 6% smaller, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 386 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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LG GK-BD380MBZ specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 697 mm
- Height
- 1,860 mm
- Depth
- 696 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 377 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.506
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 520 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.754
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF4136
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4136
- GEMS registration id
- 181522
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 12 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- GK-BD380
- 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.