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Front loader · 14 kg
LG WXLS-1014WX Washing Machine
LG WXLS-1014WX is a 14 kg front loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1427).
- Capacity
- 14 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Annual electricity use
- 242 kWh
- Label: 424 kWh · 1.2 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $142 / year
- $80 electricity + $62 water · $1,417 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 141.9 L · Cotton, 40℃, Rinse 4, Spin High, Intensive programme
22% less electricity than the median of 5 comparable 13 kg and above front loader washing machine registrations (545 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 80% of them. At your rates that is about $23 a year less than the median, $228 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 13 kg and above front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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LG WXLS-1014WX specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 14.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 141.9 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.575
- Programme tested
- Cotton, 40℃, Rinse 4, Spin High, Intensive
- Programme time
- 432 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 650 × 950 × 645 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 424 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.50
- Country of manufacture
- China, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
Other model numbers on registration ACW1427
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1427
- GEMS registration id
- 161758
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 19 May 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- WXLS-1014*
- 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.