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Front loader · 12 kg

Samsung Electronics WW12BB944DGH Washing Machine

Samsung Electronics WW12BB944DGH is a 12 kg front loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1295).

c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
12 kg
Front loader
Energy rating
5
Annual electricity use
155 kWh
Label: 272 kWh · 0.75 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$99 / year
$51 electricity + $47 water · $985 over 10 years
Water per wash
108.4 L · E Cotton, Temp 40, Rinse 2, Spin 1400, Intensive programme

6% less electricity than the median of 37 comparable 11 to 12 kg front loader washing machine registrations (291 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 89% of them. At your rates that is about $4 a year less than the median, $36 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 37 comparable 11 to 12 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 11 to 12 kg front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Samsung Electronics WW12BB944DGH specifications

Loading
Front loader
Rated capacity
12.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
–
Water per wash
108.4 L
Water efficiency index
0.587
Programme tested
E Cotton, Temp 40, Rinse 2, Spin 1400, Intensive
Programme time
415 min
Internal heater
–
Dimensions (W×H×D)
–
Annual energy (label)
272 kWh
Star rating index
5.00
Country of manufacture
Vietnam

Other model numbers on registration ACW1295

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1295
GEMS registration id
151832
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
1 February 2028
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
WW12BB944DGB
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.