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Front loader · 8 kg
Heller HWM8FL Washing Machine
Heller HWM8FL is a 8 kg front loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1269).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 4
- Annual electricity use
- 170 kWh
- Label: 299 kWh · 0.82 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $55 / year
- $55 electricity + $0 water · $545 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Cotton with arrow & temp.60°C & spin speed 1200 programme
17% more 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 27% of them. At your rates that is about $8 a year more than the median, $79 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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Heller HWM8FL specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.595
- Programme tested
- Cotton with arrow & temp.60°C & spin speed 1200
- Programme time
- 197 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 595 × 845 × 545 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 299 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.04
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1269
- GEMS registration id
- 150531
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 20 October 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: gafcontrol.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.