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Top loader · 12 kg

Kogan KAWWASHT12A Washing Machine

Kogan KAWWASHT12A is a 12 kg top loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1280).

c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
12 kg
Top loader
Energy rating
1.5
Annual electricity use
678 kWh
Label: 1,190 kWh · 3.3 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$224 / year
$224 electricity + $0 water · $2,238 over 10 years
Water per wash
0.0 L · Cotton programme

227% more electricity than the median of 25 comparable 11 to 12 kg top loader washing machine registrations (364 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 0% of them. At your rates that is about $155 a year more than the median, $1,553 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 25 comparable 11 to 12 kg top loader washing machine registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 11 to 12 kg top loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Kogan KAWWASHT12A specifications

Loading
Top loader
Rated capacity
12.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
impeller
Water per wash
0.0 L
Water efficiency index
0.813
Programme tested
Cotton
Programme time
162 min
Internal heater
No
Dimensions (W×H×D)
–
Annual energy (label)
1190 kWh
Star rating index
1.53
Country of manufacture
China

Other model numbers on registration ACW1280

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1280
GEMS registration id
150971
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
4 December 2027
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
KAWWASHT12*
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: whirlpool.com.cn. How the derived figures are calculated.