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Top loader · 6 kg
Parmco WM6WT Washing Machine
Parmco WM6WT is a 6 kg top loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZCW0254).
- Capacity
- 6 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 259 kWh
- Label: 454 kWh · 1.2 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $123 / year
- $85 electricity + $38 water · $1,229 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 86.0 L · Cotton, water level 4 programme
7% more electricity than the median of 41 comparable under 7 kg top loader washing machine registrations (426 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 34% of them. At your rates that is about $5 a year more than the median, $53 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered under 7 kg top loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Parmco WM6WT specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 6.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 86.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.882
- Programme tested
- Cotton, water level 4
- Programme time
- 103 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 526 × 890 × 540 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 454 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.11
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZCW0254
- GEMS registration id
- 173619
- 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: galanz.com. How the derived figures are calculated.