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Front loader · 6 kg
Kogan KAFWASH6WE* Washing Machine
Kogan KAFWASH6WE* is a 6 kg front loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1841).
- Capacity
- 6 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Annual electricity use
- 93 kWh
- Label: 163 kWh · 0.45 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $30 / year
- $297 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- – · Eco 40-60 programme
37% less electricity than the median of 32 comparable under 7 kg front loader washing machine registrations (259 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 81% of them. At your rates that is about $17 a year less than the median, $174 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered under 7 kg front loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Kogan KAFWASH6WE* specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 6.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- –
- Water efficiency index
- 0.622
- Programme tested
- Eco 40-60
- Programme time
- 240 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 163 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.60
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1841
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1841
- GEMS registration id
- 181879
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 30 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KAFWASH6WE*
- 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.