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Top-mount fridge freezer ยท 2 doors
LG GT-4S Fridge
LG GT-4S is a 335 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF2790).
- Total capacity
- 335 L
- 256 L fridge + 79 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.02
- Annual electricity use
- 290 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $96 / year
- $7.98 / month ยท $957 over 10 years
7% less electricity than the median of 50 comparable 300โ399 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (312 kWh a year). It uses less than 74% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $7 a year less than the median, $71 over 10 years.
Uses 24% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (381 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh ร 33c/kWh in NZD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 300โ399 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-4S running cost
- Per month
- $7.98
- Per year
- $96
- 5 years
- $479
- 10 years
- $957
290 kWh ร 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
- 335 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 256 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 79 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 397 L
- freezer compartment
- 79 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 256 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 335 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM348NW5E348 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 | |
| Chiq CTM347NB5E348 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 | |
| Dreame DRB340WMS5AU345 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 | |
| Hisense HRTF325326 L256 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $84 | |
| Hisense HRTF325_series326 L256 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $84 |
Fridges similar to the LG GT-4S
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heller HFF335B same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 335 L | 4 | 288 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Iceland 352350 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 335 L | 4 | 288 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Heller HFF335 series same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 335 L | 4 | 288 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAH334LTMFC same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 334 L | 3.5 | 319 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAH334LTMFD same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 334 L | 3.5 | 319 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TCL P362TMW same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 334 L | 3.5 | 319 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF334SNVTBH same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 334 L | 4 | 289 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF334*NVTBH same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 334 L | 4 | 289 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 335 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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LG GT-4S specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- โ
- Width
- 600 mm
- Height
- 1,720 mm
- Depth
- 705 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 290 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.016
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 381 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.730
- Country of manufacture
- Indonesia
Other model numbers on registration ARF2790
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2790
- GEMS registration id
- 144332
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 26 January 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- GT-4
- 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.