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Front loader ยท 12 kg
LG WX10-1412MB Washing Machine
LG WX10-1412MB is a 12 kg front loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1685).
- Capacity
- 12 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 173 kWh
- Label: 304 kWh ยท 0.83 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $57 / year
- $572 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- โ ยท Cotton Eco, 40ยฐC, Rinse 4, Spin 1400 RPM programme
5% more electricity than the median of 37 comparable 11 to 12 kg front loader washing machine registrations (291 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 32% of them. At your rates that is about $2 a year more than the median, $24 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 11 to 12 kg front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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LG WX10-1412MB specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 12.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- โ
- Water per wash
- โ
- Water efficiency index
- 0.508
- Programme tested
- Cotton Eco, 40ยฐC, Rinse 4, Spin 1400 RPM
- Programme time
- 570 min
- Internal heater
- Yes
- Dimensions (WรHรD)
- 650 ร 850 ร 615 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 304 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.00
- Country of manufacture
- China, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
Other model numbers on registration ACW1685
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1685
- GEMS registration id
- 174858
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 9 December 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- WXx-1x12xx
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 2040.1:2021 +A1
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.