New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
LG GT-5BLE Fridge
LG GT-5BLE is a 478 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF2750).
- Total capacity
- 478 L
- 348 L fridge + 130 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.02
- Annual electricity use
- 367 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $121 / year
- $10.09 / month · $1,211 over 10 years
12% more electricity than the median of 39 comparable 400–499 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (329 kWh a year). It uses less than 18% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $13 a year more than the median, $125 over 10 years.
Uses 16% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (439 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 400–499 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-5BLE running cost
- Per month
- $10.09
- Per year
- $121
- 5 years
- $606
- 10 years
- $1,211
367 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
- 478 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 348 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 130 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 580 L
- freezer compartment
- 130 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 348 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 478 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HRF450T series443 L309 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $102 | |
| Haier HRF450TG443 L309 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $102 | |
| Chiq CTM513NBS5E515 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 | |
| Chiq CTM51*N**5E515 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 | |
| Samsung Electronics SRT5300S465 L319 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $105 |
Fridges similar to the LG GT-5BLE
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euro EF512SX same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 480 L | 3.5 | 398 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Euromaid ETM512BKS same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 480 L | 3.5 | 398 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRTF497SW 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 496 L | 4.5 | 335 | 4% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-458ER series 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 458 L | 4.5 | 330 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-458ER-SB-A 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 458 L | 4.5 | 330 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAH478LTMF* same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 478 L | 3.5 | 397 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAH478LTMFC same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 478 L | 3.5 | 397 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hoover HV-RTM480 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 480 L | 3.5 | 398 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 478 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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LG GT-5BLE specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 780 mm
- Height
- 1,720 mm
- Depth
- 673 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 367 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.021
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 439 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.633
- Country of manufacture
- Indonesia
Other model numbers on registration ARF2750
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2750
- GEMS registration id
- 142968
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 November 2026
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- GT-5*LE
- 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.