c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
10 kg
Front loader
Energy rating
2
Annual electricity use
463 kWh
Label: 812 kWh · 2.2 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$205 / year
$153 electricity + $53 water · $2,052 over 10 years
Water per wash
120.3 L · Normal, Hot, High Spin, Soil level medium, Second rinse programme

233% more electricity than the median of 87 comparable 10 kg front loader washing machine registrations (244 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 0% of them. At your rates that is about $107 a year more than the median, $1,068 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 87 comparable 10 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 10 kg front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Speed Queen AFBE9BSP305AN01 specifications

Loading
Front loader
Rated capacity
10.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
–
Water per wash
120.3 L
Water efficiency index
0.689
Programme tested
Normal, Hot, High Spin, Soil level medium, Second rinse
Programme time
132 min
Internal heater
–
Dimensions (W×H×D)
–
Annual energy (label)
812 kWh
Star rating index
2.14
Country of manufacture
United States of America

Other model numbers on registration ACW1260

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1260
GEMS registration id
150093
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
2 October 2027
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
AFBE9BSP305A
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.