Australia · costs in AUD
Top loader · 8 kg
Kogan KATTLWASH8A Washing Machine
Kogan KATTLWASH8A is a 8 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1296).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Annual electricity use
- 285 kWh
- Label: 500 kWh · 1.4 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $91 / year
- $91 electricity + $0 water · $912 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Standard, water level 8 programme
About the same electricity as the median of 29 comparable 8 kg top loader washing machine registrations (500 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 48% of them.
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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Kogan KATTLWASH8A 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
- 0.732
- Programme tested
- Standard, water level 8
- Programme time
- 123 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 556 × 922 × 556 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 500 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.72
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1296
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1296
- GEMS registration id
- 152515
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 16 February 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KATTLWASH8*
- 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.