Name: Whirlpool WFC3C26BAUS
Brand: Whirlpool
SKU: ADW0914

Electricity pricec/kWh

Water price$/kLusage charge on your water bill

Dishwasher cyclesper week

Capacity: 14 place; Freestanding
Energy rating: 3.5
Annual electricity use: 267 kWh; Label: 268 kWh · 0.73 kWh per cycle
Estimated running cost: $96 / year; $88 electricity + $8 water · $961 over 10 years

Water per cycle: 10.3 L · ECO 50°C programme

2% less electricity than the median of 134 comparable 13–14 place freestanding dishwasher registrations (275 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 61% of them. At your rates that is about $2 a year less than the median, $23 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 275230324

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 134 comparable 13–14 place freestanding dishwasher registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 13–14 place freestanding dishwasher sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Whirlpool WFC3C26BAUS specifications

Type: Freestanding
Place settings: 14
Water per cycle (labelled programme): 10.3 L
Programme tested: ECO 50°C
Programme time: 188 min
Water connection: Single
Water softener: Yes
Delay start: Yes
Standby power: 0.41 W
Dimensions (W×H×D): –
Annual energy (label): 268 kWh
Star rating index: 3.58
Country of manufacture: Poland

Other model numbers on registration ADW0914

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number: ADW0914
GEMS registration id: 144709
Status: approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires: 9 August 2027
Registered for sale in: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family: WFC3C26*AUS
Regulatory standard: Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Dishwashers) Determination 2024
Test standard: AS/NZS 2007.1:2005

Source: E3 programme registration data (EECA, New Zealand) (trans-Tasman E3 registration data published by DCCEEW on data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 20 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. Manufacturer: whirlpool.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.