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Front loader · 8 kg
Miele WEA125 Washing Machine
Miele WEA125 is a 8 kg front loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1530).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Annual electricity use
- 145 kWh
- Label: 255 kWh · 0.70 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $47 / year
- $47 electricity + $0 water · $465 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · ECO 40-60 programme
About the same electricity as the median of 98 comparable 8 kg front loader washing machine registrations (256 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 50% of them.
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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Miele WEA125 specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.520
- Programme tested
- ECO 40-60
- Programme time
- 263 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 596 × 850 × 636 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 255 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.52
- Country of manufacture
- Czechia, Poland
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1530
- GEMS registration id
- 168200
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 20 March 2030
- 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. Manufacturer: miele.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.