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Front loader · 9 kg
LG WV9-1609B Washing Machine
LG WV9-1609B is a 9 kg front loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1268).
- Capacity
- 9 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 129 kWh
- Label: 226 kWh · 0.62 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $41 / year
- $41 electricity + $0 water · $412 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Cotton Eco, 40℃, Spin1600 programme
13% less electricity than the median of 67 comparable 9 kg front loader washing machine registrations (261 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 64% of them. At your rates that is about $6 a year less than the median, $64 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 9 kg front loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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LG WV9-1609B specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 9.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.513
- Programme tested
- Cotton Eco, 40℃, Spin1600
- Programme time
- 345 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 600 × 850 × 565 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 226 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.01
- Country of manufacture
- China, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1268
- GEMS registration id
- 150525
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 18 October 2027
- 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.