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Top loader · 6 kg
Carson CSF7*3P Washing Machine
Carson CSF7*3P is a 6 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1236).
- Capacity
- 6 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 260 kWh
- Label: 457 kWh · 1.3 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $128 / year
- $83 electricity + $45 water · $1,283 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 86.4 L · Normal, soak process is off, water supply is "L (Warm)", water level is 8 programme
7% more electricity than the median of 33 comparable under 7 kg top loader washing machine registrations (426 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 33% of them. At your rates that is about $6 a year more than the median, $57 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered under 7 kg top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Carson CSF7*3P specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 6.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 86.4 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.795
- Programme tested
- Normal, soak process is off, water supply is "L (Warm)", water level is 8
- Programme time
- 65 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 540 × 920 × 540 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 457 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.19
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1236
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1236
- GEMS registration id
- 148483
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 14 August 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia
- Family
- CSF7*3P
- 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.