New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top loader · 5.5 kg
Samsung Electronics WA55H4000SW Washing Machine
Samsung Electronics WA55H4000SW is a 5.5 kg top loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1531).
- Capacity
- 5.5 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 266 kWh
- Label: 467 kWh · 1.3 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $121 / year
- $88 electricity + $33 water · $1,213 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 76.6 L · Water saving, Water level 5, Temp. Hot+Cold programme
10% 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 32% of them. At your rates that is about $8 a year more than the median, $77 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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Samsung Electronics WA55H4000SW specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 5.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 76.6 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.700
- Programme tested
- Water saving, Water level 5, Temp. Hot+Cold
- Programme time
- 66 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 520 × 860 × 520 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 467 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.01
- Country of manufacture
- South Korea
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1531
- GEMS registration id
- 168177
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 6 May 2030
- 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.