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Front loader · 10 kg
Gaggenau WM260164 Washing Machine
Gaggenau WM260164 is a 10 kg front loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1183).
- Capacity
- 10 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Annual electricity use
- 256 kWh
- Label: 450 kWh · 1.2 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $82 / year
- $82 electricity + $0 water · $821 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Eco 40-60, Rinse +2, 1600 rpm programme
85% more electricity than the median of 76 comparable 10 kg front loader washing machine registrations (243 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 8% of them. At your rates that is about $38 a year more than the median, $377 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 10 kg front loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Gaggenau WM260164 specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 10.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.541
- Programme tested
- Eco 40-60, Rinse +2, 1600 rpm
- Programme time
- 262 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 450 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.74
- Country of manufacture
- Germany
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1183
- GEMS registration id
- 144235
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 2 February 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, 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.