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Front loader · 8 kg
LG WX3-1408 Washing Machine
LG WX3-1408 is a 8 kg front loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1773).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Annual electricity use
- 150 kWh
- Label: 263 kWh · 0.72 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $48 / year
- $480 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- – · Cotton Eco, 40°C, Spin 1400 RPM, Rinse 3 programme
3% more electricity than the median of 98 comparable 8 kg front loader washing machine registrations (256 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 43% of them. At your rates that is about $1 a year more than the median, $14 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg front loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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LG WX3-1408 specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- –
- Water efficiency index
- 0.500
- Programme tested
- Cotton Eco, 40°C, Spin 1400 RPM, Rinse 3
- Programme time
- 380 min
- Internal heater
- Yes
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 600 × 850 × 565 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 263 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.50
- Country of manufacture
- China, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
Other model numbers on registration ACW1773
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1773
- GEMS registration id
- 176938
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 24 February 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- WX3-1408
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 2040.1:2021 +A1
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.