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Top loader Β· 8 kg
Kogan KATTOPLWM8A Washing Machine
Kogan KATTOPLWM8A is a 8 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australiaβs Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1735).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 4
- Annual electricity use
- 141 kWh
- Label: 248 kWh Β· 0.68 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $45 / year
- $452 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- β Β· Standard + Warm + Water Level 8 programme
50% less electricity than the median of 29 comparable 8 kg top loader washing machine registrations (500 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 79% of them. At your rates that is about $46 a year less than the median, $460 over 10 years.
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 KATTOPLWM8A specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- β
- Water efficiency index
- 0.805
- Programme tested
- Standard + Warm + Water Level 8
- Programme time
- 220 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (WΓHΓD)
- β
- Annual energy (label)
- 248 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.00
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1735
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1735
- GEMS registration id
- 176246
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 26 January 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KATTOPLWM8*
- 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.