New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top loader · 8 kg
Chiq WTL78FDG Washing Machine
Chiq WTL78FDG is a 8 kg top loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1437).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 379 kWh
- Label: 665 kWh · 1.8 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $125 / year
- $125 electricity + $0 water · $1,251 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Daily, temperature Warm, Water level 8 programme
21% more electricity than the median of 33 comparable 8 kg top loader washing machine registrations (550 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 21% of them. At your rates that is about $22 a year more than the median, $216 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg top loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Chiq WTL78FDG specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.748
- Programme tested
- Daily, temperature Warm, Water level 8
- Programme time
- 151 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 580 × 960 × 625 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 665 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.03
- Country of manufacture
- China
Related Chiq model numbers starting with WTLFD
1 model numbers on 1 other registration. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.
| Model | Registration | Stars | kWh / yr | Registration expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTL***FD* | ACW1845 | 2 | 1,060 | 8 September 2031 |
Other model numbers on registration ACW1437
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1437
- GEMS registration id
- 161861
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 27 May 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- WTL**FD*
- 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.