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Top loader · 12 kg
Kogan KAMWASHT12* Washing Machine
Kogan KAMWASHT12* is a 12 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1579).
- Capacity
- 12 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Annual electricity use
- 190 kWh
- Label: 333 kWh · 0.91 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $61 / year
- $61 electricity + $0 water · $607 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · 'Normal', water level 'High’, temperature Warm', 'Extra heavy' programme
8% less electricity than the median of 23 comparable 11 to 12 kg top loader washing machine registrations (364 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 74% of them. At your rates that is about $6 a year less than the median, $57 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 11 to 12 kg top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Kogan KAMWASHT12* specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 12.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.560
- Programme tested
- 'Normal', water level 'High’, temperature Warm', 'Extra heavy'
- Programme time
- 316 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 333 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.71
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1579
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1579
- GEMS registration id
- 171170
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 22 July 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KAMWASHT12*
- 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. How the derived figures are calculated.