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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
LG GT-500SM Fridge
LG GT-500SM is a 507 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF4148).
- Total capacity
- 507 L
- 374 L fridge + 133 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.52
- Annual electricity use
- 418 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $138 / year
- $11.50 / month · $1,379 over 10 years
13% more electricity than the median of 10 comparable 500–599 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (369 kWh a year). It uses less than 0% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $16 a year more than the median, $162 over 10 years.
Uses 7% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (448 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 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-500SM running cost
- Per month
- $11.50
- Per year
- $138
- 5 years
- $690
- 10 years
- $1,379
418 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
- 507 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 374 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 133 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 611 L
- fresh food compartment
- 374 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 133 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 507 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM513NBS5E515 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 | |
| Chiq CTM512NSS5E515 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 | |
| Samsung Electronics SRT5300S465 L319 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $105 | |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-458ER-W-A458 L330 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $109 | |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-458ER series458 L330 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $109 |
Fridges similar to the LG GT-500SM
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TECO TFF513*NTVAH 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 513 L | 4 | 381 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF513SNTVAH 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 513 L | 4 | 381 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Chiq CTM512NSS5E 2% larger, same door count, similar external size | 515 L | 5 | 312 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Chiq CTM513NBS5E 2% larger, same door count, similar external size | 515 L | 5 | 312 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Kelvinator KTM5402** same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 503 L | 3.5 | 400 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kelvinator KTM5402AC same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 503 L | 3.5 | 400 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WTB5400WC same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 503 L | 4 | 353 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WTB5400SC same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 503 L | 4 | 353 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 507 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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LG GT-500SM specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 755 mm
- Height
- 1,677 mm
- Depth
- 765 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 418 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.521
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 448 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.684
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4148
- GEMS registration id
- 181340
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 17 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.