New Zealand · costs in NZD
Front loader · 8 kg
LG WV9-1608B Washing Machine
LG WV9-1608B is a 8 kg front loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1292).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 118 kWh
- Label: 207 kWh · 0.57 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $39 / year
- $39 electricity + $0 water · $389 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Cotton Eco, 40℃, Spin 1600 programme
17% less electricity than the median of 102 comparable 8 kg front loader washing machine registrations (249 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 84% of them. At your rates that is about $8 a year less than the median, $78 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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LG WV9-1608B specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.493
- Programme tested
- Cotton Eco, 40℃, Spin 1600
- Programme time
- 328 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 600 × 850 × 565 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 207 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.00
- Country of manufacture
- China, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1292
- GEMS registration id
- 151885
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 19 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.