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Top loader Β· 12 kg
Westinghouse WWT1288V1W Washing Machine
Westinghouse WWT1288V1W is a 12 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australiaβs Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1826).
- Capacity
- 12 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Annual electricity use
- 203 kWh
- Label: 357 kWh Β· 0.98 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $65 / year
- $651 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- β Β· "Daily" + Temp "3" + Water "4" + Soil "4" + Extra Rinse programme
2% less electricity than the median of 23 comparable 11 to 12 kg top loader washing machine registrations (364 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 52% of them. At your rates that is about $1 a year less than the median, $13 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 11 to 12 kg top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Westinghouse WWT1288V1W specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 12.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- β
- Water efficiency index
- 0.591
- Programme tested
- "Daily" + Temp "3" + Water "4" + Soil "4" + Extra Rinse
- Programme time
- 380 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (WΓHΓD)
- β
- Annual energy (label)
- 357 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.50
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1826
- GEMS registration id
- 181572
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 11 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- β
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 2040.1:2021 +A1
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.