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Front loader · 8 kg

Miele WCD 660 Washing Machine

Miele WCD 660 is a 8 kg front loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1543).

c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
8 kg
Front loader
Energy rating
4.5
Annual electricity use
132 kWh
Label: 231 kWh · 0.63 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$43 / year
$43 electricity + $0 water · $434 over 10 years
Water per wash
0.0 L · Cottons 40C programme

7% less electricity than the median of 102 comparable 8 kg front loader washing machine registrations (249 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 77% of them. At your rates that is about $3 a year less than the median, $33 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 102 comparable 8 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 8 kg front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Miele WCD 660 specifications

Loading
Front loader
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
–
Water per wash
0.0 L
Water efficiency index
0.520
Programme tested
Cottons 40C
Programme time
237 min
Internal heater
–
Dimensions (W×H×D)
–
Annual energy (label)
231 kWh
Star rating index
4.73
Country of manufacture
Czechia, Germany

Other model numbers on registration ACW1543

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1543
GEMS registration id
168981
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
20 August 2030
Registered for sale in
Australia, New Zealand
Family
WxD 660
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. Manufacturer: miele.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.