New Zealand · costs in NZD
Front loader · 8.5 kg
Chiq WDFL85PL48G1 Washer Dryer
Chiq WDFL85PL48G1 is a 8.5 kg front loader washer dryer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1438). The registered figures are for its wash cycle.
- Wash capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 4
- Annual electricity use
- 183 kWh
- Label: 321 kWh · 0.88 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $60 / year
- $60 electricity + $0 water · $604 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Cotton, 40℃, 1400 rpm programme
32% more electricity than the median of 26 comparable 8 kg front loader washer dryer registrations (244 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 12% of them. At your rates that is about $14 a year more than the median, $145 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg front loader washer dryer sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Chiq WDFL85PL48G1 specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- Yes
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.589
- Programme tested
- Cotton, 40℃, 1400 rpm
- Programme time
- 357 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 600 × 847 × 577 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 321 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.03
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACW1438
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1438
- GEMS registration id
- 161865
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 27 May 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- WDFL85 series
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 2040.1:2005/Amdt 3:2010
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 22 September 2026; last checked 23 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.