New Zealand · costs in NZD
Front loader · 9 kg
LG WV9-1609B Washing Machine
LG WV9-1609B is a 9 kg front loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1268).
- Capacity
- 9 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 129 kWh
- Label: 226 kWh · 0.62 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $43 / year
- $43 electricity + $0 water · $425 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Cotton Eco, 40℃, Spin1600 programme
16% less electricity than the median of 77 comparable 9 kg front loader washing machine registrations (268 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 69% of them. At your rates that is about $8 a year less than the median, $79 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 9 kg front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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LG WV9-1609B specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 9.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.513
- Programme tested
- Cotton Eco, 40℃, Spin1600
- Programme time
- 345 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 600 × 850 × 565 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 226 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.01
- Country of manufacture
- China, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1268
- GEMS registration id
- 150525
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 18 October 2027
- 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.