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Top loader · 7 kg
Germanica GTLW-700AU70 Washing Machine
Germanica GTLW-700AU70 is a 7 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1329).
A newer registration of this model exists: ACW1338.
- Capacity
- 7 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 279 kWh
- Label: 489 kWh · 1.3 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $89 / year
- $89 electricity + $0 water · $892 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · normal program, water level 5 programme
9% more electricity than the median of 28 comparable 7 kg top loader washing machine registrations (449 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 36% of them. At your rates that is about $7 a year more than the median, $74 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 7 kg top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Germanica GTLW-700AU70 specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 7.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.730
- Programme tested
- normal program, water level 5
- Programme time
- 102 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 550 × 935 × 565 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 489 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.46
- Country of manufacture
- China
Related Germanica model numbers starting with GTLW700AU70
1 model numbers on 1 other registration. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.
| Model | Registration | Stars | kWh / yr | Registration expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTLW-700AU70 | ACW1338 | 2 | 539 | 26 June 2028 |
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1329
- GEMS registration id
- 154236
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 16 May 2028
- 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. Manufacturer: ayonz.com. How the derived figures are calculated.