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Front loader · 8.5 kg
Chiq WD85SW1 Washer Dryer
Chiq WD85SW1 is a 8.5 kg front loader washer dryer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1438). The registered figures are for its wash cycle.
- Wash capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 4
- Annual electricity use
- 183 kWh
- Label: 321 kWh · 0.88 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $59 / year
- $59 electricity + $0 water · $585 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Cotton, 40℃, 1400 rpm programme
32% more electricity than the median of 24 comparable 8 kg front loader washer dryer registrations (244 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 8% of them. At your rates that is about $14 a year more than the median, $140 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg front loader washer dryer sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Chiq WD85SW1 specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- Yes
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.589
- Programme tested
- Cotton, 40℃, 1400 rpm
- Programme time
- 357 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 600 × 847 × 577 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 321 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.03
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1438
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1438
- GEMS registration id
- 161865
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 27 May 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- WDFL85 series
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 2040.1:2005/Amdt 3:2010
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 22 September 2026; last checked 23 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.