Name: Samsung Electronics WW85T3040WW
Brand: Samsung Electronics
SKU: ACW1578

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Capacity: 8.5 kg; Front loader
Energy rating: 3.5
Annual electricity use: 226 kWh; Label: 396 kWh · 1.1 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost: $120 / year; $72 electricity + $48 water · $1,198 over 10 years

Water per wash: 91.6 L · eCotton, 40°C, 1400 RPM programme

55% more electricity than the median of 98 comparable 8 kg front loader washing machine registrations (256 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 3% of them. At your rates that is about $26 a year more than the median, $256 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 256193330

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 98 comparable 8 kg front loader washing machine registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

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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Samsung Electronics WW85T3040WW specifications

Loading: Front loader
Rated capacity: 8.5 kg
Combined washer-dryer: No
Wash action: –
Water per wash: 91.6 L
Water efficiency index: 0.535
Programme tested: eCotton, 40°C, 1400 RPM
Programme time: 378 min
Internal heater: –
Dimensions (W×H×D): –
Annual energy (label): 396 kWh
Star rating index: 3.67
Country of manufacture: China

Australian GEMS registration details

Registration number: ACW1578
GEMS registration id: 170730
Status: approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires: 29 September 2030
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.