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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Samsung Electronics SR255MLS Fridge
Samsung Electronics SR255MLS is a 236 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF4066).
- Total capacity
- 236 L
- 183 L fridge + 53 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.51
- Annual electricity use
- 258 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $85 / year
- $7.10 / month · $851 over 10 years
5% less electricity than the median of 49 comparable 200–299 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (272 kWh a year). It uses less than 65% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $5 a year less than the median, $46 over 10 years.
Uses 25% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (344 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.
Samsung Electronics SR255MLS running cost
- Per month
- $7.10
- Per year
- $85
- 5 years
- $426
- 10 years
- $851
258 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
- 236 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 183 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 53 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 277 L
- fresh food compartment
- 183 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 49 L gross
- two-star compartment
- 4 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 236 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM254NB5E255 L200 kWh/yr | 5 | $66 | |
| Chiq CTM252NSS5E255 L200 kWh/yr | 5 | $66 | |
| Haier HRF210TS208 L201 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $66 | |
| Haier HRF210T Series208 L201 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $66 | |
| Heller HFF243B243 L215 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $71 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TECO TFF236WNTDM same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Living & CO HD-325FWEN same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRT346MTF28AP same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Duos DFR236TMFW same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF236*NTDM same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRT346MTF28AP same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GT-1S 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 243 L | 3.5 | 265 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GT-1SI 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 243 L | 3.5 | 265 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 236 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Samsung Electronics SR255MLS specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 258 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.515
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 344 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.932
- Country of manufacture
- Vietnam
Other model numbers on registration ARF4066
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4066
- GEMS registration id
- 180849
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- SR255MLS
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. Manufacturer: samsung.com. How the derived figures are calculated.