Australia · costs in AUD
Top loader · 8.5 kg
Kogan KAWWASHT85E Washing Machine
Kogan KAWWASHT85E is a 8.5 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1168).
- Capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 388 kWh
- Label: 680 kWh · 1.9 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $124 / year
- $124 electricity + $0 water · $1,240 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Normal programme
36% more 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 10% of them. At your rates that is about $33 a year more than the median, $328 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 KAWWASHT85E specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.791
- Programme tested
- Normal
- Programme time
- 170 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 680 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.08
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1168
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1168
- GEMS registration id
- 142954
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 14 December 2026
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KAWWASHT85*
- 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: whirlpool.com.cn. How the derived figures are calculated.