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Front loader · 8 kg
Miele WTD 161 WCS Washer Dryer
Miele WTD 161 WCS is a 8 kg front loader washer dryer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1556). The registered figures are for its wash cycle.
- Wash capacity
- 8 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Annual electricity use
- 134 kWh
- Label: 235 kWh · 0.64 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $44 / year
- $44 electricity + $0 water · $442 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · ECO 40-60 programme
4% 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 81% of them. At your rates that is about $2 a year less than the median, $17 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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Miele WTD 161 WCS specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- Yes
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.480
- Programme tested
- ECO 40-60
- Programme time
- 300 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 596 × 850 × 637 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 235 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.79
- Country of manufacture
- Germany, Czechia, Poland
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1556
- GEMS registration id
- 170214
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 16 June 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, 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: 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. Manufacturer: miele.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.