New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top loader · 6.5 kg
LG WTG6520 Washing Machine
LG WTG6520 is a 6.5 kg top loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1274).
- Capacity
- 6.5 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Annual electricity use
- 254 kWh
- Label: 445 kWh · 1.2 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $84 / year
- $84 electricity + $0 water · $837 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Eco Cotton, Temp. Hot & Cold, Water Level 3, Wash 25 Min, Rinse 2, Spin High programme
5% more electricity than the median of 41 comparable under 7 kg top loader washing machine registrations (426 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 42% of them. At your rates that is about $4 a year more than the median, $36 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered under 7 kg top loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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LG WTG6520 specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 6.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.736
- Programme tested
- Eco Cotton, Temp. Hot & Cold, Water Level 3, Wash 25 Min, Rinse 2, Spin High
- Programme time
- 79 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 590 × 960 × 606 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 445 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.51
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand, Vietnam
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1274
- GEMS registration id
- 150909
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 30 January 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 2040.1:2005/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.