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Top loader · 8.5 kg
Whirlpool WB90805 Washing Machine
Whirlpool WB90805 is a 8.5 kg top loader washing machine registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACW1229).
- Capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 382 kWh
- Label: 670 kWh · 1.8 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $122 / year
- $122 electricity + $0 water · $1,222 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Normal, Water Level 8, Warm Temp. programme
34% more electricity than the median of 29 comparable 8 kg top loader washing machine registrations (500 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 17% of them. At your rates that is about $31 a year more than the median, $310 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Whirlpool WB90805 specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.791
- Programme tested
- Normal, Water Level 8, Warm Temp.
- Programme time
- 170 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 570 × 965 × 592 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 670 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.11
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1229
- GEMS registration id
- 147464
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 June 2027
- 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.