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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
Samsung Electronics SRF5500B Fridge
Samsung Electronics SRF5500B is a 488 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF4062).
- Total capacity
- 488 L
- 329 L fridge + 159 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.38
- Annual electricity use
- 435 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $144 / year
- $11.96 / month · $1,436 over 10 years
22% more electricity than the median of 43 comparable 400–499 L french door fridge freezer registrations (356 kWh a year). It uses less than 14% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $26 a year more than the median, $261 over 10 years.
Uses 22% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (558 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 french door 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 SRF5500B running cost
- Per month
- $11.96
- Per year
- $144
- 5 years
- $718
- 10 years
- $1,436
435 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
- 488 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 329 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 159 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 613 L
- freezer compartment
- 159 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 329 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 french door fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 488 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Gaggenau RVB477190476 L310 kWh/yr | 5 | $102 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 |
Fridges similar to the Samsung Electronics SRF5500B
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artusi AFDF620B same capacity, similar external size, similar star rating | 488 L | 3 | 470 | same capacity, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Artusi AFDF620* same capacity, similar external size, similar star rating | 488 L | 3 | 470 | same capacity, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RF522ADX6 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 487 L | 3 | 429 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RF522ADX5 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 487 L | 3 | 429 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MERF632FIF28APD 3% smaller, similar external size, similar star rating | 474 L | 3.5 | 420 | 3% smaller, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Omega O4DF474WG 3% smaller, similar external size, similar star rating | 474 L | 3.5 | 420 | 3% smaller, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 488 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Samsung Electronics models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics SRF5700SD488 L435 kWh/yr | 3 | $144 | |
| Samsung Electronics SRF5700BD488 L435 kWh/yr | 3 | $144 |
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Samsung Electronics SRF5500B specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 833 mm
- Height
- 1,793 mm
- Depth
- 740 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 435 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.378
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 558 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.710
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF4062
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4062
- GEMS registration id
- 180972
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- SRF5500B
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 6
- GEMS group
- Group 5B: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, bottom-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 5B (frost-free fridge freezer, bottom-mounted freezer) with three or more doors
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. Manufacturer: samsung.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.