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Front loader · 8 kg
Stirling STR-FLW8WW Washing Machine
Stirling STR-FLW8WW is a 8 kg front loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1414).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Annual electricity use
- 191 kWh
- Label: 336 kWh · 0.92 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $61 / year
- $61 electricity + $0 water · $613 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Intensive (Temp. is “40°C”, Spin Speed is “1200rpm", Program time is "235min") Program programme
32% 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 7% of them. At your rates that is about $15 a year more than the median, $147 over 10 years.
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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Stirling STR-FLW8WW specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.713
- Programme tested
- Intensive (Temp. is “40°C”, Spin Speed is “1200rpm", Program time is "235min") Program
- Programme time
- 235 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 336 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.60
- Country of manufacture
- China
Related Stirling model numbers starting with STRFLW8WW
1 model numbers on 1 other registration. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STR-FLW8WW1 | ACW1500 | 3.5 | 324 | 1 January 2030 |
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1414
- GEMS registration id
- 159060
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 21 March 2029
- 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. How the derived figures are calculated.