New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
TCL TRF491TG Fridge
TCL TRF491TG is a 420 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3594).
- Total capacity
- 420 L
- 320 L fridge + 101 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.03
- Annual electricity use
- 331 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $109 / year
- $9.10 / month · $1,092 over 10 years
1% more electricity than the median of 39 comparable 400–499 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (329 kWh a year). It uses less than 31% of them.
Uses 20% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (413 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.
TCL TRF491TG running cost
- Per month
- $9.10
- Per year
- $109
- 5 years
- $546
- 10 years
- $1,092
331 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
- 420 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 320 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 101 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 497 L
- two-star compartment
- 11 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 320 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 90 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 420 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi HRTN6408SPWHAU374 L257 kWh/yr | 5 | $85 | |
| Hitachi HRTN6408SXAU374 L257 kWh/yr | 5 | $85 | |
| Chiq CTM40*N**5E410 L270 kWh/yr | 5 | $89 | |
| Chiq CTM409NBS5E410 L270 kWh/yr | 5 | $89 | |
| Heller HFF413 series413 L294 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $97 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG GT-7MB 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 424 L | 4 | 335 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Robinhood RHTMF415MSD 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 415 L | 4 | 329 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Nero 744400 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 415 L | 4 | 329 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAH415LTMFD 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 415 L | 4 | 329 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Omega OTMF450X 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 415 L | 4 | 329 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF415*NVTBH 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 415 L | 4.5 | 297 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF415SNVTBH 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 415 L | 4.5 | 297 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAH415LTMF* 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 415 L | 4 | 329 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 420 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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TCL TRF491TG specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 706 mm
- Height
- 1,720 mm
- Depth
- 686 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 331 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.034
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 413 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.665
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3594
- GEMS registration id
- 169560
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 3 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: tcl.com/au. How the derived figures are calculated.