c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
10 kg
Top loader
Energy rating
2
Annual electricity use
447 kWh
Label: 785 kWh · 2.2 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$203 / year
$148 electricity + $55 water · $2,030 over 10 years
Water per wash
126.7 L · Soak Program Water Level 10 Temperature HC programme

126% more electricity than the median of 42 comparable 10 kg top loader washing machine registrations (348 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 12% of them. At your rates that is about $82 a year more than the median, $823 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 42 comparable 10 kg top 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 top loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Stirling STR-TLW10WW specifications

Loading
Top loader
Rated capacity
10.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
impeller
Water per wash
126.7 L
Water efficiency index
0.816
Programme tested
Soak Program Water Level 10 Temperature HC
Programme time
159 min
Internal heater
No
Dimensions (W×H×D)
–
Annual energy (label)
785 kWh
Star rating index
2.10
Country of manufacture
China

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1413
GEMS registration id
159894
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
19 March 2029
Registered for sale in
Australia, 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.