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Front loader · 12 kg
Whirlpool FWHD12002 Washing Machine
Whirlpool FWHD12002 is a 12 kg front loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1777).
- Capacity
- 12 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 157 kWh
- Label: 276 kWh · 0.76 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $50 / year
- $503 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- – · Eco Cotton 40°C 1400rpm programme
5% less electricity than the median of 37 comparable 11 to 12 kg front loader washing machine registrations (291 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 65% of them. At your rates that is about $3 a year less than the median, $27 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 11 to 12 kg front loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Whirlpool FWHD12002 specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 12.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- –
- Water efficiency index
- 0.572
- Programme tested
- Eco Cotton 40°C 1400rpm
- Programme time
- 297 min
- Internal heater
- Yes
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 276 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.02
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1777
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1777
- GEMS registration id
- 175708
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 4 March 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- FWHD12002
- 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. Manufacturer: whirlpool.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.