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Front loader · 9 kg
Whirlpool WFWDC96 Washer Dryer
Whirlpool WFWDC96 is a 9 kg front loader washer dryer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1294). The registered figures are for its wash cycle.
- Wash capacity
- 9 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Annual electricity use
- 157 kWh
- Label: 275 kWh · 0.75 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $50 / year
- $50 electricity + $0 water · $501 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · eCotton 60°C, 1600 rpm programme
3% more electricity than the median of 25 comparable 9 kg front loader washer dryer registrations (268 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 32% of them. At your rates that is about $1 a year more than the median, $13 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 9 kg front loader washer dryer sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Whirlpool WFWDC96 specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 9.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- Yes
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.557
- Programme tested
- eCotton 60°C, 1600 rpm
- Programme time
- 322 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 275 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.53
- Country of manufacture
- Italy
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1294
- GEMS registration id
- 152315
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 14 July 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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. Manufacturer: whirlpool.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.