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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Samsung Electronics SRT4200B Fridge
Samsung Electronics SRT4200B is a 393 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3098).
- Total capacity
- 393 L
- 295 L fridge + 98 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.00
- Annual electricity use
- 322 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $106 / year
- $8.86 / month · $1,063 over 10 years
3% more electricity than the median of 50 comparable 300–399 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (312 kWh a year). It uses less than 20% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $3 a year more than the median, $35 over 10 years.
Uses 20% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (404 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 SRT4200B running cost
- Per month
- $8.86
- Per year
- $106
- 5 years
- $531
- 10 years
- $1,063
322 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
- 393 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 295 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 98 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 469 L
- fresh food compartment
- 295 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 92 L gross
- two-star compartment
- 6 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 393 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM3******348 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 | |
| Chiq CTM347NB5E348 L241 kWh/yr | 5 | $80 | |
| Hitachi HRTN6408SPWHAU374 L257 kWh/yr | 5 | $85 | |
| Hitachi HRTN6408SXAU374 L257 kWh/yr | 5 | $85 | |
| Heller HFF413 series413 L294 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $97 |
Fridges similar to the Samsung Electronics SRT4200B
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG GT-W6S same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 394 L | 3.5 | 350 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GT-6MB same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 395 L | 4 | 319 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Coldstream CSKE4200BK WAT 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 398 L | 3.5 | 345 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Coldstream CSKE4200SS 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 400 L | 3.5 | 360 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRT580MTF45AP 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 413 L | 4.5 | 302 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM413LTMFC 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 413 L | 4.5 | 302 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Heller HFF413B 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 413 L | 4.5 | 294 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Heller HFF413 series 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 413 L | 4.5 | 294 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 393 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Samsung Electronics SRT4200B specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 322 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.001
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 404 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.687
- Country of manufacture
- Vietnam
Other model numbers on registration ARF3098
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3098
- GEMS registration id
- 153936
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 26 April 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- SRT4200S
- 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.