c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
10 kg
Front loader
Energy rating
4.5
Annual electricity use
169 kWh
Label: 297 kWh · 0.81 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$56 / year
$56 electricity + $0 water · $559 over 10 years
Water per wash
0.0 L · Eco Cotton 60 degree C, 1400 rpm programme

22% 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 25% of them. At your rates that is about $10 a year more than the median, $100 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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Whirlpool FDLR10250 specifications

Loading
Front loader
Rated capacity
10.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
–
Water per wash
0.0 L
Water efficiency index
0.592
Programme tested
Eco Cotton 60 degree C, 1400 rpm
Programme time
375 min
Internal heater
–
Dimensions (W×H×D)
–
Annual energy (label)
297 kWh
Star rating index
4.51
Country of manufacture
Italy

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1239
GEMS registration id
148520
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
4 August 2027
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: whirlpool.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.