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Top loader · 9 kg

Midea MT512W90RU series Washing Machine

Midea MT512W90RU series is a 9 kg top loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1621).

c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
9 kg
Top loader
Energy rating
3
Annual electricity use
303 kWh
Label: 531 kWh · 1.5 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$100 / year
$100 electricity + $0 water · $999 over 10 years
Water per wash
0.0 L · "Normal" + "Extra High" + "Warm" + "Rinse+ "3"" + "Spin+9"" programme

55% more electricity than the median of 25 comparable 9 kg top loader washing machine registrations (342 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 16% of them. At your rates that is about $36 a year more than the median, $355 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 25 comparable 9 kg top loader washing machine registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 9 kg top loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Midea MT512W90RU series specifications

Loading
Top loader
Rated capacity
9.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
impeller
Water per wash
0.0 L
Water efficiency index
0.607
Programme tested
"Normal" + "Extra High" + "Warm" + "Rinse+ "3"" + "Spin+9""
Programme time
363 min
Internal heater
No
Dimensions (W×H×D)
580 × 1,015 × 596 mm
Annual energy (label)
531 kWh
Star rating index
3.01
Country of manufacture
China

Other model numbers on registration ACW1621

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1621
GEMS registration id
173248
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
23 September 2030
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
MT512W90RU 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.