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Front loader · 10 kg
Bosch WGB256A1AU Washing Machine
Bosch WGB256A1AU is a 10 kg front loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1407).
- Capacity
- 10 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 142 kWh
- Label: 250 kWh · 0.68 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $46 / year
- $46 electricity + $0 water · $456 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Cottons Eco, 60 degrees, 1600 rpm programme
3% more electricity than the median of 76 comparable 10 kg front loader washing machine registrations (243 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 38% 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 10 kg front loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Bosch WGB256A1AU specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 10.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.510
- Programme tested
- Cottons Eco, 60 degrees, 1600 rpm
- Programme time
- 343 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 250 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.02
- Country of manufacture
- Germany
Related Bosch model numbers starting with F55CPG15CUI
1 model numbers on 1 other registration. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.
| Model | Registration | Stars | kWh / yr | Registration expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F55C-PG1.5CU-i | ACW1536 | 5 | 250 | 13 April 2030 |
Other model numbers on registration ACW1407
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1407
- GEMS registration id
- 159682
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 March 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- F55C-PG1.5CU-i
- 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.