New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
LG GT-1SI Fridge
LG GT-1SI is a 243 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3637).
- Total capacity
- 243 L
- 185 L fridge + 58 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.52
- Annual electricity use
- 265 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $87 / year
- $7.29 / month · $875 over 10 years
3% less electricity than the median of 49 comparable 200–299 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (272 kWh a year). It uses less than 55% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $2 a year less than the median, $23 over 10 years.
Uses 24% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (347 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 200–299 L top-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 GT-1SI running cost
- Per month
- $7.29
- Per year
- $87
- 5 years
- $437
- 10 years
- $875
265 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
- 243 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 185 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 58 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 289 L
- fresh food compartment
- 185 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 58 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 top-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 243 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM255NW5E255 L200 kWh/yr | 5 | $66 | |
| Chiq CTM255NW5E255 L200 kWh/yr | 5 | $66 | |
| Heller HFF243 series243 L215 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $71 | |
| Heller HFF243243 L215 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $71 | |
| Solt GGSTM266**266 L228 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $75 |
Fridges similar to the LG GT-1SI
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duos DFR236TMFW 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF236SNTDM 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRT346MTF28AP 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRT346MTF28AP 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF236WNTDM 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAH247TMSFD 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 247 L | 4 | 239 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAH247TMSF* 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 247 L | 4 | 239 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 243 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other LG models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| LG GT-1S243 L265 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $87 |
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LG GT-1SI specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 555 mm
- Height
- 1,573 mm
- Depth
- 637 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 265 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.519
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 347 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.918
- Country of manufacture
- Indonesia
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3637
- GEMS registration id
- 170816
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 13 July 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 5
- GEMS group
- Group 5T: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, top-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 5T (frost-free fridge freezer, top-mounted freezer)
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.