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Front loader · 10 kg

Living & CO MFC100-U1501B/C14E-AU(5) Washing Machine

Living & CO MFC100-U1501B/C14E-AU(5) is a 10 kg front loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZCW0187).

c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
10 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 1500rpm, 60ºC seven times per week programme

7% less electricity than the median of 87 comparable 10 kg front loader washing machine registrations (244 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 68% of them. At your rates that is about $3 a year less than the median, $34 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 87 comparable 10 kg front loader washing machine registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 10 kg front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Living & CO MFC100-U1501B specifications

Loading
Front loader
Rated capacity
10.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
–
Water per wash
0.0 L
Water efficiency index
0.575
Programme tested
Cotton Eco 1500rpm, 60ºC seven times per week
Programme time
361 min
Internal heater
–
Dimensions (W×H×D)
595 × 850 × 565 mm
Annual energy (label)
226 kWh
Star rating index
5.04
Country of manufacture
China

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ZCW0187
GEMS registration id
151668
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
n/a (NZ registration)
Registered for sale in
New Zealand
Family
–
Regulatory standard
EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2C
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. Manufacturer: midea.cn. How the derived figures are calculated.