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Top loader · 12 kg
Samsung Electronics WA12A8376GV Washing Machine
Samsung Electronics WA12A8376GV is a 12 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1135).
- Capacity
- 12 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 4
- Annual electricity use
- 244 kWh
- Label: 428 kWh · 1.2 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $139 / year
- $78 electricity + $61 water · $1,391 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 117.4 L · Water Saving, Water level 8, Spin speed Extra high, Temp. Cold & Hot programme
18% more electricity than the median of 23 comparable 11 to 12 kg top loader washing machine registrations (364 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 22% of them. At your rates that is about $12 a year more than the median, $117 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 11 to 12 kg top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Samsung Electronics WA12A8376GV specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 12.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 117.4 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.661
- Programme tested
- Water Saving, Water level 8, Spin speed Extra high, Temp. Cold & Hot
- Programme time
- 98 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 428 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.01
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Other model numbers on registration ACW1135
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1135
- GEMS registration id
- 141718
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 13 October 2026
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- WA12A8376GV
- 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.