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Top loader · 5.5 kg
Solt GGSTLW55B2 Washing Machine
Solt GGSTLW55B2 is a 5.5 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1498).
A newer registration of this model exists: ACW1594.
- Capacity
- 5.5 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Annual electricity use
- 211 kWh
- Label: 371 kWh · 1.0 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $68 / year
- $68 electricity + $0 water · $677 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Normal programme
13% 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 88% of them. At your rates that is about $10 a year less than the median, $100 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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Solt GGSTLW55B2 specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 5.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.747
- Programme tested
- Normal
- Programme time
- 131 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 515 × 910 × 525 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 371 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.53
- Country of manufacture
- China
Related Solt model numbers starting with GGSTLW55
2 model numbers on 2 other registrations. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.
| Model | Registration | Stars | kWh / yr | Registration expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GGSTLW55* | ACW1514 | 2 | 426 | 5 March 2030 |
| GGSTLW55B2 | ACW1594 | 2 | 421 | 12 August 2030 |
Other model numbers on registration ACW1498
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1498
- GEMS registration id
- 166041
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 17 December 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- GGSTLW55*
- 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.