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Front loader · 6 kg
Malber 6 Washing Machine
Malber 6 is a 6 kg front loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ZCW0007).
- Capacity
- 6 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Annual electricity use
- 132 kWh
- Label: 231 kWh · 0.63 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $72 / year
- $42 electricity + $30 water · $719 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 57.2 L · P3 programme
11% less electricity than the median of 32 comparable under 7 kg front loader washing machine registrations (259 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 63% of them. At your rates that is about $5 a year less than the median, $50 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered under 7 kg front loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Malber 6 specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 6.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- –
- Wash action
- drum
- Water per wash
- 57.2 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.673
- Programme tested
- P3
- Programme time
- 120 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 595 × 850 × 545 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 231 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.84
- Country of manufacture
- Italy
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ZCW0007
- GEMS registration id
- 19116
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- AS/NZS 2040.2:2000 (Legacy)
- 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.