Australia · costs in AUD
Top loader · 6.5 kg
Chiq WTL65FDW Washing Machine
Chiq WTL65FDW is a 6.5 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1432).
- Capacity
- 6.5 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 302 kWh
- Label: 530 kWh · 1.5 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $97 / year
- $97 electricity + $0 water · $966 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Daily, Warm, Water level 7 programme
24% 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 0% of them. At your rates that is about $19 a year more than the median, $190 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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Chiq WTL65FDW specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 6.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.753
- Programme tested
- Daily, Warm, Water level 7
- Programme time
- 160 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 550 × 920 × 588 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 530 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.07
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1432
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1432
- GEMS registration id
- 161845
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 26 May 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- WTL6*FD*
- 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.