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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Samsung Electronics SRT5300S Fridge
Samsung Electronics SRT5300S is a 465 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3616).
- Total capacity
- 465 L
- 357 L fridge + 108 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.52
- Annual electricity use
- 319 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $105 / year
- $8.77 / month · $1,053 over 10 years
3% less electricity than the median of 39 comparable 400–499 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (329 kWh a year). It uses less than 74% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $3 a year less than the median, $33 over 10 years.
Uses 26% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (429 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.
Samsung Electronics SRT5300S running cost
- Per month
- $8.77
- Per year
- $105
- 5 years
- $526
- 10 years
- $1,053
319 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
- 465 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 357 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 108 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 549 L
- fresh food compartment
- 357 L gross
- two-star compartment
- 6 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 102 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 465 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM40*N**5E410 L270 kWh/yr | 5 | $89 | |
| Chiq CTM408NSS5E410 L270 kWh/yr | 5 | $89 | |
| Heller HFF413 series413 L294 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $97 | |
| Heller HFF413B413 L294 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $97 | |
| TECO TFF415*NVTBH415 L297 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $98 |
Fridges similar to the Samsung Electronics SRT5300S
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-458ER-SB-A 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 458 L | 4.5 | 330 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-458ER-W-A 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 458 L | 4.5 | 330 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GT-5BLE 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 478 L | 4 | 367 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GT-5WLE 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 478 L | 4 | 367 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF450TS 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 443 L | 4.5 | 309 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF450TG 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 443 L | 4.5 | 309 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAH478LTMFC 3% larger, same door count | 478 L | 3.5 | 397 | 3% larger, same door count |
| Kogan KAH478LTMFA 3% larger, same door count | 478 L | 3.5 | 397 | 3% larger, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 465 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Samsung Electronics SRT5300S specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 319 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.517
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 429 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.582
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3616
- GEMS registration id
- 170538
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 24 June 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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.