New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top loader · 16 kg
LG WTX10-16G Washing Machine
LG WTX10-16G is a 16 kg top loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1515).
- Capacity
- 16 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 205 kWh
- Label: 360 kWh · 0.99 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $68 / year
- $68 electricity + $0 water · $677 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Eco Cotton, Change Detergent Amount and Softener Amount to off, Press Water over 3s, Temp. Warm programme
27% less 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 82% of them. At your rates that is about $25 a year less than the median, $254 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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LG WTX10-16G specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 16.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.592
- Programme tested
- Eco Cotton, Change Detergent Amount and Softener Amount to off, Press Water over 3s, Temp. Warm
- Programme time
- 263 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 686 × 1,092 × 721 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 360 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.00
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1515
- GEMS registration id
- 166987
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 10 February 2030
- 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.