c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
7 kg
Top loader
Energy rating
2
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 · ECO programme

18% more electricity than the median of 38 comparable 7 kg top loader washing machine registrations (450 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 24% of them. At your rates that is about $15 a year more than the median, $152 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 38 comparable 7 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 7 kg top loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Onix ON-TLW7W specifications

Loading
Top loader
Rated capacity
7.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
impeller
Water per wash
0.0 L
Water efficiency index
0.888
Programme tested
ECO
Programme time
148 min
Internal heater
No
Dimensions (W×H×D)
–
Annual energy (label)
531 kWh
Star rating index
2.10
Country of manufacture
China

1 model numbers on 1 other registration. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.

ModelRegistrationStarskWh / yr
ON-TLW7WACW15712535

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1366
GEMS registration id
156504
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
13 September 2028
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
–
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.