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Top loader · 8.5 kg
LG WTG8521 Washing Machine
LG WTG8521 is a 8.5 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1415).
- Capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Annual electricity use
- 331 kWh
- Label: 580 kWh · 1.6 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $170 / year
- $106 electricity + $64 water · $1,697 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 122.9 L · Eco Cotton, Press Water Level for 3 Sec., Hot Wash and Cold Wash programme
16% 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 41% of them. At your rates that is about $15 a year more than the median, $146 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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LG WTG8521 specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 122.9 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.714
- Programme tested
- Eco Cotton, Press Water Level for 3 Sec., Hot Wash and Cold Wash
- Programme time
- 77 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 632 × 1,020 × 670 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 580 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.54
- Country of manufacture
- South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1415
- GEMS registration id
- 160429
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 May 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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.