New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top loader · 8.5 kg
TECO TWM85TAW Washing Machine
TECO TWM85TAW is a 8.5 kg top loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1512).
- Capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 388 kWh
- Label: 680 kWh · 1.9 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $128 / year
- $128 electricity + $0 water · $1,279 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L · Normal programme
24% more electricity than the median of 33 comparable 8 kg top loader washing machine registrations (550 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 9% of them. At your rates that is about $24 a year more than the median, $244 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg top loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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TECO TWM85TAW specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 8.5 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 0.0 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.791
- Programme tested
- Normal
- Programme time
- 170 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 570 × 965 × 592 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 680 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.08
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1512
- GEMS registration id
- 166236
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 February 2030
- 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. Manufacturer: teco.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.