New Zealand · costs in NZD
Front loader · 3 kg
Finch Australia FAW-703 Washing Machine
Finch Australia FAW-703 is a 3 kg front loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1147).
- Capacity
- 3 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 128 kWh
- Label: 224 kWh · 0.61 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $57 / year
- $42 electricity + $15 water · $568 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 33.7 L · Energy Cotton 40℃, 700rpm programme
18% less electricity than the median of 41 comparable under 7 kg front loader washing machine registrations (273 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 71% of them. At your rates that is about $9 a year less than the median, $92 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered under 7 kg front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Finch Australia FAW-703 specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 3.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 33.7 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.801
- Programme tested
- Energy Cotton 40℃, 700rpm
- Programme time
- 352 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 224 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.23
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1147
- GEMS registration id
- 140155
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 28 October 2026
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, 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. How the derived figures are calculated.