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Top loader · 8.5 kg
LG WTL1-85W Washing Machine
LG WTL1-85W is a 8.5 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1456).
- Capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 4
- Annual electricity use
- 165 kWh
- Label: 289 kWh · 0.79 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $116 / year
- $53 electricity + $63 water · $1,161 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 122.0 L · “Eco cotton”, press “Temp.”, press “Temp.” again over 3s programme
42% 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 72% of them. At your rates that is about $38 a year less than the median, $385 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 WTL1-85W specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 122.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.718
- Programme tested
- “Eco cotton”, press “Temp.”, press “Temp.” again over 3s
- Programme time
- 142 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 632 × 970 × 670 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 289 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.00
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1456
- GEMS registration id
- 163350
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 28 July 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.