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Top loader · 12 kg
Chiq WTL118FDG Washing Machine
Chiq WTL118FDG is a 12 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1845).
- Capacity
- 12 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 604 kWh
- Label: 1,060 kWh · 2.9 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $193 / year
- $1,933 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- – · Normal, temperature Warm, 25min wash, 3 times rinse, 6 water level programme
191% more electricity than the median of 23 comparable 11 to 12 kg top loader washing machine registrations (364 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 9% of them. At your rates that is about $127 a year more than the median, $1,269 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 11 to 12 kg top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Chiq WTL118FDG specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 12.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- –
- Water efficiency index
- 0.606
- Programme tested
- Normal, temperature Warm, 25min wash, 3 times rinse, 6 water level
- Programme time
- 600 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 686 × 710 × 1,070 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 1060 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.02
- Country of manufacture
- China
Related Chiq model numbers starting with WTLFD
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTL**FD* | ACW1437 | 2 | 665 | 27 May 2029 |
Other model numbers on registration ACW1845
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1845
- GEMS registration id
- 181809
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 8 September 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- WTL***FD*
- 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.