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Top loader · 10 kg
Whirlpool WB10037 Washing Machine
Whirlpool WB10037 is a 10 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1486).
- Capacity
- 10 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 1.5
- Annual electricity use
- 558 kWh
- Label: 980 kWh · 2.7 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $243 / year
- $179 electricity + $64 water · $2,427 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 123.0 L · Normal, Max Water Level, Warm Temperature programme
200% more electricity than the median of 35 comparable 10 kg top loader washing machine registrations (327 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 0% of them. At your rates that is about $119 a year more than the median, $1,191 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 10 kg top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Whirlpool WB10037 specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 10.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 123.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.737
- Programme tested
- Normal, Max Water Level, Warm Temperature
- Programme time
- 144 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 601 × 985 × 626 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 980 kWh
- Star rating index
- 1.63
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1486
- GEMS registration id
- 165276
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 3 May 2030
- 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 2040.1:2005/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: whirlpool.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.