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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Samsung Electronics SRT3500B Fridge
Samsung Electronics SRT3500B is a 305 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3097).
- Total capacity
- 305 L
- 237 L fridge + 68 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.01
- Annual electricity use
- 272 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $90 / year
- $7.48 / month · $898 over 10 years
13% less electricity than the median of 50 comparable 300–399 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (312 kWh a year). It uses less than 84% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $13 a year less than the median, $130 over 10 years.
Uses 26% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (369 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 300–399 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 SRT3500B running cost
- Per month
- $7.48
- Per year
- $90
- 5 years
- $449
- 10 years
- $898
272 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
- 305 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 237 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 68 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 357 L
- fresh food compartment
- 237 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 63 L gross
- two-star compartment
- 5 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 305 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living & CO BCD-280WEVPH-53H278 L236 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $78 | |
| Hisense HRTF325_series326 L256 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $84 | |
| Hisense HRTF325326 L256 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $84 | |
| Haier HRF330T Series311 L259 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $85 | |
| Haier HRF330TW311 L259 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $85 |
Fridges similar to the Samsung Electronics SRT3500B
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artusi AFTM343X 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 310 L | 3.5 | 298 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF330TW 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 311 L | 4.5 | 259 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF330T Series 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 311 L | 4.5 | 259 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WTM3100WL 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 312 L | 3.5 | 291 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WTM3100SL 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 312 L | 3.5 | 291 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Vogue 352297 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 297 L | 4 | 273 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GT-3 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 315 L | 4 | 282 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GT-3MB 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 315 L | 4 | 282 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 305 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Samsung Electronics SRT3500B specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 272 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.006
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 369 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.761
- Country of manufacture
- Vietnam
Other model numbers on registration ARF3097
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3097
- GEMS registration id
- 153771
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 26 April 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- SRT3500W
- 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.