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Top loader · 8 kg

Midea MT512W80RUT Washing Machine

Midea MT512W80RUT is a 8 kg top loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1620).

c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
8 kg
Top loader
Energy rating
3
Annual electricity use
268 kWh
Label: 470 kWh · 1.3 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$88 / year
$88 electricity + $0 water · $884 over 10 years
Water per wash
0.0 L · "Normal" + "High" + "Warm" + "Rinse+ "3"" + "Spin+9"" programme

14% less electricity than the median of 33 comparable 8 kg top loader washing machine registrations (550 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 64% of them. At your rates that is about $15 a year less than the median, $150 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 33 comparable 8 kg top loader washing machine registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg top loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Midea MT512W80RUT specifications

Loading
Top loader
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
impeller
Water per wash
0.0 L
Water efficiency index
0.624
Programme tested
"Normal" + "High" + "Warm" + "Rinse+ "3"" + "Spin+9""
Programme time
301 min
Internal heater
No
Dimensions (W×H×D)
580 × 1,015 × 596 mm
Annual energy (label)
470 kWh
Star rating index
3.00
Country of manufacture
China

Other model numbers on registration ACW1620

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1620
GEMS registration id
173243
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
23 September 2030
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
MT512W80RU series
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.