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Top loader ยท 7.5 kg
LG WTG7520 Washing Machine
LG WTG7520 is a 7.5 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australiaโs Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1455).
- Capacity
- 7.5 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 3
- Annual electricity use
- 235 kWh
- Label: 413 kWh ยท 1.1 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $131 / year
- $75 electricity + $55 water ยท $1,307 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 106.6 L ยท Eco Cotton, Press Water Level for 3 Sec., Hot Wash and Cold Wash programme
8% less electricity than the median of 28 comparable 7 kg top loader washing machine registrations (449 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 57% of them. At your rates that is about $6 a year less than the median, $65 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 7 kg top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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LG WTG7520 specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 7.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 106.6 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.732
- Programme tested
- Eco Cotton, Press Water Level for 3 Sec., Hot Wash and Cold Wash
- Programme time
- 77 min
- Internal heater
- โ
- Dimensions (WรHรD)
- 590 ร 960 ร 606 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 413 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.00
- Country of manufacture
- South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1455
- GEMS registration id
- 163555
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 19 September 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- โ
- 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.