Australia · costs in AUD
Front loader · 7.5 kg
LG WV5-1275W Washing Machine
LG WV5-1275W is a 7.5 kg front loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1443).
- Capacity
- 7.5 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Annual electricity use
- 128 kWh
- Label: 224 kWh · 0.61 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $41 / year
- $41 electricity + $0 water · $408 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Cotton Eco, 40℃, Spin 1200 programme
14% less electricity than the median of 36 comparable 7 kg front loader washing machine registrations (260 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 64% of them. At your rates that is about $7 a year less than the median, $66 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 7 kg front loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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LG WV5-1275W specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 7.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.586
- Programme tested
- Cotton Eco, 40℃, Spin 1200
- Programme time
- 346 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 600 × 850 × 470 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 224 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.51
- Country of manufacture
- China, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1443
- GEMS registration id
- 162564
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 20 August 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.