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Top loader · 14 kg
Westinghouse WWT1488V1W Washing Machine
Westinghouse WWT1488V1W is a 14 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1839).
- Capacity
- 14 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Annual electricity use
- 228 kWh
- Label: 400 kWh · 1.1 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $73 / year
- $729 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- – · "Daily" + Temp "3" + Water "4" + Soil "4" + Extra Rinse programme
19% less electricity than the median of 10 comparable 13 kg and above top loader washing machine registrations (495 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 70% of them. At your rates that is about $17 a year less than the median, $173 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 13 kg and above top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Westinghouse WWT1488V1W specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 14.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- –
- Water efficiency index
- 0.620
- Programme tested
- "Daily" + Temp "3" + Water "4" + Soil "4" + Extra Rinse
- Programme time
- 388 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 400 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.52
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1839
- GEMS registration id
- 181573
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 27 August 2031
- 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 2040.1:2021 +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.