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Front loader · 12 kg
Kogan KAHWS12DR8* Washer Dryer
Kogan KAHWS12DR8* is a 12 kg front loader washer dryer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1825). The registered figures are for its wash cycle.
- Wash capacity
- 12 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 142 kWh
- Label: 250 kWh · 0.68 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $46 / year
- $456 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- – · Daily, Temp:40°C, Speed:1400, Extra Rinse:P--1 programme
14% less electricity than the median of 11 comparable 11 to 12 kg front loader washer dryer registrations (291 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 91% of them. At your rates that is about $7 a year less than the median, $75 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 11 to 12 kg front loader washer dryer sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Kogan KAHWS12DR8* specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 12.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- Yes
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- –
- Water efficiency index
- 0.580
- Programme tested
- Daily, Temp:40°C, Speed:1400, Extra Rinse:P--1
- Programme time
- 385 min
- Internal heater
- Yes
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 250 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.16
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1825
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1825
- GEMS registration id
- 181164
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KAHWS12DR8*
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 2040.1:2021 +A1
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.