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Top loader · 5.5 kg
Fisher & Paykel WA55T56GW1 Washing Machine
Fisher & Paykel WA55T56GW1 is a 5.5 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1477).
- Capacity
- 5.5 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 278 kWh
- Label: 487 kWh · 1.3 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $129 / year
- $89 electricity + $41 water · $1,293 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 77.9 L · Regular, Auto, Warm/Cold, Eco programme
14% 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 18% of them. At your rates that is about $11 a year more than the median, $111 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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Fisher & Paykel WA55T56GW1 specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 5.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- agitator
- Water per wash
- 77.9 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.610
- Programme tested
- Regular, Auto, Warm/Cold, Eco
- Programme time
- 49 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 487 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.00
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1477
- GEMS registration id
- 164770
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 3 October 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, 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. How the derived figures are calculated.