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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
LG GT-300SM Fridge
LG GT-300SM is a 325 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF4139).
- Total capacity
- 325 L
- 248 L fridge + 77 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.59
- Annual electricity use
- 310 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $102 / year
- $8.53 / month · $1,023 over 10 years
About the same electricity as the median of 50 comparable 300–399 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (312 kWh a year). It uses less than 52% of them.
Uses 18% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (378 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 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-300SM running cost
- Per month
- $8.53
- Per year
- $102
- 5 years
- $512
- 10 years
- $1,023
310 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
- 325 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 248 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 77 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 385 L
- freezer compartment
- 77 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 248 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 325 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dreame DRB340WMS5AU345 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 | |
| Chiq CTM347NB5E348 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 | |
| Chiq CTM348NW5E348 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 | |
| Hisense HRTF325326 L256 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $84 | |
| Hisense HRTF325S326 L256 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $84 |
Fridges similar to the LG GT-300SM
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shome I Seiki SC-320AU8TMSS 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 329 L | 3.5 | 310 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Shome I Seiki SC-320AU8TM** 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 329 L | 3.5 | 310 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Euromaid ETM362S 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 334 L | 3.5 | 319 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF334*NVTBH 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 334 L | 4 | 289 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF334SNVTBH 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 334 L | 4 | 289 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAH334LTMFC 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 334 L | 3.5 | 319 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAH334LTMF* 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 334 L | 3.5 | 319 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TCL P362TMW 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 334 L | 3.5 | 319 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 325 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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LG GT-300SM specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 603 mm
- Height
- 1,709 mm
- Depth
- 633 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 310 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.591
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 378 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.804
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4139
- GEMS registration id
- 180431
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 12 August 2031
- 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.