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Top loader · 8 kg
Germanica GTW-800AU80 Washing Machine
Germanica GTW-800AU80 is a 8 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1220).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 342 kWh
- Label: 600 kWh · 1.6 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $109 / year
- $109 electricity + $0 water · $1,094 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Normal, water level 7, 1 time rinse, warm temp programme
20% more electricity than the median of 29 comparable 8 kg top loader washing machine registrations (500 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 28% of them. At your rates that is about $18 a year more than the median, $182 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Germanica GTW-800AU80 specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.740
- Programme tested
- Normal, water level 7, 1 time rinse, warm temp
- Programme time
- 100 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 580 × 965 × 596 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 600 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.28
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1220
- GEMS registration id
- 145889
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 9 May 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. Manufacturer: ayonz.com. How the derived figures are calculated.