Australia · costs in AUD
Top loader · 5.5 kg
TECO TWM55TCM Washing Machine
TECO TWM55TCM is a 5.5 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1493).
- Capacity
- 5.5 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 243 kWh
- Label: 426 kWh · 1.2 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $78 / year
- $78 electricity + $0 water · $777 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Normal programme
About the same electricity as 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 46% of them.
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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TECO TWM55TCM 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
- 0.738
- Programme tested
- Normal
- Programme time
- 90 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 515 × 910 × 525 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 426 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.21
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1493
- GEMS registration id
- 165655
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 10 May 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia
- 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. Manufacturer: teco.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.