c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
10 kg
Front loader
Energy rating
5.5
Annual electricity use
103 kWh
Label: 181 kWh ยท 0.50 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$34 / year
$34 electricity + $0 water ยท $340 over 10 years
Water per wash
0.0 L ยท Cottons Eco, 60ยฐC, 1400 rpm programme

26% less electricity than the median of 87 comparable 10 kg front loader washing machine registrations (244 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 98% of them. At your rates that is about $12 a year less than the median, $118 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 87 comparable 10 kg front loader washing machine registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 10 kg front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Bosch WGH254A1AU specifications

Loading
Front loader
Rated capacity
10.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
โ€“
Water per wash
0.0 L
Water efficiency index
0.540
Programme tested
Cottons Eco, 60ยฐC, 1400 rpm
Programme time
345 min
Internal heater
โ€“
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
โ€“
Annual energy (label)
181 kWh
Star rating index
5.50
Country of manufacture
Spain

Other model numbers on registration ACW1633

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1633
GEMS registration id
173061
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
30 September 2030
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
F55C-AVG1.5CU
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.