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Front loader · 18 kg
Samsung Electronics WF18B9600KV Washing Machine
Samsung Electronics WF18B9600KV is a 18 kg front loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1272).
- Capacity
- 18 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Annual electricity use
- 298 kWh
- Label: 523 kWh · 1.4 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $162 / year
- $98 electricity + $63 water · $1,616 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 144.9 L · Energy saving course, Temp. 40°C, Rinse 3, Spin 5 programme
4% less electricity than the median of 5 comparable 13 kg and above front loader washing machine registrations (545 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 60% of them. At your rates that is about $4 a year less than the median, $41 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 13 kg and above front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Samsung Electronics WF18B9600KV specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 18.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- –
- Water per wash
- 144.9 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.556
- Programme tested
- Energy saving course, Temp. 40°C, Rinse 3, Spin 5
- Programme time
- 301 min
- Internal heater
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 523 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.63
- Country of manufacture
- Vietnam
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1272
- GEMS registration id
- 150728
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 1 November 2027
- 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.