c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Wash capacity
8.5 kg
Front loader
Energy rating
5
Annual electricity use
117 kWh
Label: 206 kWh ยท 0.56 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$39 / year
$387 over 10 years
Water per wash
โ€“ ยท Cotton + 40โ„ƒ +1400rpm programme

16% less 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 96% of them. At your rates that is about $7 a year less than the median, $71 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 26 comparable 8 kg front loader washer dryer registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

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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Kogan KAFWASH85T* specifications

Loading
Front loader
Rated capacity
8.5 kg
Combined washer-dryer
Yes
Wash action
โ€“
Water per wash
โ€“
Water efficiency index
0.538
Programme tested
Cotton + 40โ„ƒ +1400rpm
Programme time
295 min
Internal heater
Yes
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
595 ร— 850 ร— 625 mm
Annual energy (label)
206 kWh
Star rating index
5.01
Country of manufacture
China

Other model numbers on registration ACW1592

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1592
GEMS registration id
171792
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
3 October 2030
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
KAFWASH85T*
Regulatory standard
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
Test standard
AS/NZS 2040.1:2021

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.