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Top loader · 6 kg
Samsung Electronics WA60CG4545BW Washing Machine
Samsung Electronics WA60CG4545BW is a 6 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1328).
- Capacity
- 6 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 4
- Annual electricity use
- 115 kWh
- Label: 202 kWh · 0.55 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $37 / year
- $37 electricity + $0 water · $368 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · WATER SAVING, Water level 10, Temp hot & cold, Spin extra high, Rinse 3 programme
53% less electricity than the median of 33 comparable under 7 kg top loader washing machine registrations (426 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 94% of them. At your rates that is about $41 a year less than the median, $408 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered under 7 kg top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Samsung Electronics WA60CG4545BW specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 6.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.728
- Programme tested
- WATER SAVING, Water level 10, Temp hot & cold, Spin extra high, Rinse 3
- Programme time
- 204 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 202 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.00
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1328
- GEMS registration id
- 154273
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 May 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, 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. How the derived figures are calculated.