c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
12 kg
Front loader
Energy rating
4.5
Annual electricity use
190 kWh
Label: 333 kWh · 0.91 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$63 / year
$63 electricity + $0 water · $626 over 10 years
Water per wash
0.0 L · ‘Normal’, water level ‘High’, temperature ‘Warm’, ‘Heavy’ programme

14% more 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 16% of them. At your rates that is about $8 a year more than the median, $79 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 (above 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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Solt GGSTLW1202RCDS specifications

Loading
Front loader
Rated capacity
12.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
–
Water per wash
0.0 L
Water efficiency index
0.560
Programme tested
‘Normal’, water level ‘High’, temperature ‘Warm’, ‘Heavy’
Programme time
316 min
Internal heater
–
Dimensions (W×H×D)
640 × 1,070 × 684 mm
Annual energy (label)
333 kWh
Star rating index
4.71
Country of manufacture
China

Other model numbers on registration ACW1258

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1258
GEMS registration id
147235
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
7 September 2027
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
GGSTLW1202RC series
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.