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Top loader · 6 kg
Fisher & Paykel WA60T56GW1 Washing Machine
Fisher & Paykel WA60T56GW1 is a 6 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1348).
- Capacity
- 6 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 274 kWh
- Label: 480 kWh · 1.3 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $88 / year
- $88 electricity + $0 water · $875 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Regular, Auto, Warm/Cold, Eco programme
13% 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 21% of them. At your rates that is about $10 a year more than the median, $98 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 WA60T56GW1 specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 6.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- agitator
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.660
- Programme tested
- Regular, Auto, Warm/Cold, Eco
- Programme time
- 48 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 480 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.22
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1348
- GEMS registration id
- 155557
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 13 August 2028
- 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. Manufacturer: fisherpaykel.co.nz. How the derived figures are calculated.