Australia · costs in AUD
Top loader · 9 kg
Midea MT512W90RUW Washing Machine
Midea MT512W90RUW is a 9 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1621).
- Capacity
- 9 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 3
- Annual electricity use
- 303 kWh
- Label: 531 kWh · 1.5 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $97 / year
- $97 electricity + $0 water · $968 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · "Normal" + "Extra High" + "Warm" + "Rinse+ "3"" + "Spin+9"" programme
55% more electricity than the median of 23 comparable 9 kg top loader washing machine registrations (342 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 13% of them. At your rates that is about $34 a year more than the median, $345 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 9 kg top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Midea MT512W90RUW specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 9.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.607
- Programme tested
- "Normal" + "Extra High" + "Warm" + "Rinse+ "3"" + "Spin+9""
- Programme time
- 363 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 580 × 1,015 × 596 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 531 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.01
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1621
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1621
- GEMS registration id
- 173248
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 23 September 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- MT512W90RU series
- 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.