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Front loader · 8.5 kg
Fisher & Paykel WH8560E1 Washing Machine
Fisher & Paykel WH8560E1 is a 8.5 kg front loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1778).
- Capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 105 kWh
- Label: 185 kWh · 0.51 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $35 / year
- $348 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- – · Cotton, Wash Temp.: 40°C, Spin Speed: 1400, Eco: On programme
26% less electricity than the median of 102 comparable 8 kg front loader washing machine registrations (249 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 92% of them. At your rates that is about $12 a year less than the median, $119 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Fisher & Paykel WH8560E1 specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- –
- Water efficiency index
- 0.586
- Programme tested
- Cotton, Wash Temp.: 40°C, Spin Speed: 1400, Eco: On
- Programme time
- 300 min
- Internal heater
- Yes
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 185 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.08
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1778
- GEMS registration id
- 177560
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 4 March 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 2040.1:2021 +A1
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.