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Front loader · 12 kg
Fisher & Paykel WH1260HG5 Washing Machine
Fisher & Paykel WH1260HG5 is a 12 kg front loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1695).
- Capacity
- 12 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 157 kWh
- Label: 275 kWh · 0.75 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $50 / year
- $501 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- – · Cotton, Item:Durable, Colour:White, Dispensing:Manual Dose,More Options-Optimise:Energy programme
5% less electricity than the median of 37 comparable 11 to 12 kg front loader washing machine registrations (291 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 68% of them. At your rates that is about $3 a year less than the median, $29 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 11 to 12 kg front loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Fisher & Paykel WH1260HG5 specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 12.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- –
- Water efficiency index
- 0.550
- Programme tested
- Cotton, Item:Durable, Colour:White, Dispensing:Manual Dose,More Options-Optimise:Energy
- Programme time
- 409 min
- Internal heater
- Yes
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 275 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.08
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1695
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1695
- GEMS registration id
- 174664
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 December 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- WH1260H Series
- 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.