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Front loader Β· 8.5 kg
Haier HWF85KB1 Washing Machine
Haier HWF85KB1 is a 8.5 kg front loader washing machine registered under Australiaβs Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1713).
- Capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 105 kWh
- Label: 185 kWh Β· 0.51 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $34 / year
- $337 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- β Β· Cotton, Temp: 40β, Spin:1400 programme
28% less electricity than the median of 98 comparable 8 kg front loader washing machine registrations (256 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 92% of them. At your rates that is about $13 a year less than the median, $129 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg front loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Haier HWF85KB1 specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- β
- Water per wash
- β
- Water efficiency index
- 0.586
- Programme tested
- Cotton, Temp: 40β, Spin:1400
- Programme time
- 300 min
- Internal heater
- Yes
- Dimensions (WΓHΓD)
- β
- Annual energy (label)
- 185 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.08
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1713
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1713
- GEMS registration id
- 174131
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 23 December 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- HWF85K 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.