Name: Midea MDW4581F9UX
Brand: Midea
SKU: ADW1382

Electricity pricec/kWh

Water price$/kLusage charge on your water bill

Dishwasher cyclesper week

Capacity: 9 place; Freestanding
Energy rating: 3; WELS water rating 3
Annual electricity use: 209 kWh; Label: 210 kWh · 0.58 kWh per cycle
Estimated running cost: $77 / year; $67 electricity + $10 water · $772 over 10 years

Water per cycle: 11.2 L · ECO programme

2% more electricity than the median of 35 comparable compact (under 10 place) freestanding dishwasher registrations (205 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 0% of them. At your rates that is about $2 a year more than the median, $16 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 205148210

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 35 comparable compact (under 10 place) freestanding dishwasher registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered compact (under 10 place) freestanding dishwasher sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Midea MDW4581F9UX specifications

Type: Freestanding
Place settings: 9
Water per cycle (labelled programme): 11.2 L
Programme tested: ECO
Programme time: 182 min
Water connection: Single
Water softener: No
Delay start: Yes
Standby power: 0.47 W
Dimensions (W×H×D): 448 × 845 × 600 mm
Annual energy (label): 210 kWh
Star rating index: 3.02
WELS registration: D48888 (exact_model, confidence 0.98)
WELS water per cycle: 11.2 L
Country of manufacture: China

Australian GEMS registration details

Registration number: ADW1382
GEMS registration id: 178557
Status: approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires: 30 April 2031
Registered for sale in: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family: –
Regulatory standard: Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Dishwashers) Determination 2024
Test standard: AS/NZS 2007.1:2005 and testing requirements in the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Dishwashers) Determination 2015

Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 20 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.