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Top loader · 13 kg
Heller HWM13TL Washing Machine
Heller HWM13TL is a 13 kg top loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1331).
- Capacity
- 13 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 549 kWh
- Label: 963 kWh · 2.6 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $262 / year
- $181 electricity + $81 water · $2,618 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 184.8 L · Normal, Warm, Level 10 (Soak, Wash, Rinse, Drain, Spin) programme
95% more electricity than the median of 11 comparable 13 kg and above top loader washing machine registrations (495 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 0% of them. At your rates that is about $88 a year more than the median, $880 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 13 kg and above top loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Heller HWM13TL specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 13.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 184.8 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.900
- Programme tested
- Normal, Warm, Level 10 (Soak, Wash, Rinse, Drain, Spin)
- Programme time
- 63 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 685 × 1,070 × 700 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 963 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.05
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1331
- GEMS registration id
- 154367
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 14 October 2028
- 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. Manufacturer: gafcontrol.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.