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Front loader · 6 kg
INDESIT WE12 Washing Machine
INDESIT WE12 is a 6 kg front loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZCW0003).
- Capacity
- 6 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Annual electricity use
- 158 kWh
- Label: 277 kWh · 0.76 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $76 / year
- $52 electricity + $24 water · $761 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 55.0 L · Cotton No3, 40 C programme
2% more 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 44% of them. At your rates that is about $1 a year more than the median, $8 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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INDESIT WE12 specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 6.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- –
- Wash action
- drum
- Water per wash
- 55.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.580
- Programme tested
- Cotton No3, 40 C
- Programme time
- 145 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 277 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.60
- Country of manufacture
- Italy
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZCW0003
- GEMS registration id
- 12843
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- AS/NZS 2040.2:2000 (Legacy)
- 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.