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Front loader · 8 kg

Whirlpool FWRB8012IW Washing Machine

Whirlpool FWRB8012IW is a 8 kg front loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1678).

A newer registration of this model exists: ACW1409.

c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
8 kg
Front loader
Energy rating
4
Annual electricity use
170 kWh
Label: 299 kWh · 0.82 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$56 / year
$562 over 10 years
Water per wash
– · eCotton 40°C, 1200rpm programme

20% more electricity than the median of 102 comparable 8 kg front loader washing machine registrations (249 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 27% of them. At your rates that is about $9 a year more than the median, $95 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 102 comparable 8 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 8 kg front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Whirlpool FWRB8012IW specifications

Loading
Front loader
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
–
Water per wash
–
Water efficiency index
0.578
Programme tested
eCotton 40°C, 1200rpm
Programme time
334 min
Internal heater
Yes
Dimensions (W×H×D)
–
Annual energy (label)
299 kWh
Star rating index
4.08
Country of manufacture
China

1 model numbers on 1 other registration. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.

ModelRegistrationStarskWh / yr
FWRB80*2IWACW14094299

Other model numbers on registration ACW1678

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1678
GEMS registration id
174192
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
18 March 2029
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
FWRB80*2IW
Regulatory standard
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
Test standard
AS/NZS 2040.1:2005 + A1 + A2 + A3 and testing requirements in the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2015

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.