New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top loader · 7 kg
Whirlpool WB70803 Washing Machine
Whirlpool WB70803 is a 7 kg top loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1487).
- Capacity
- 7 kg
- Top loader
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 339 kWh
- Label: 595 kWh · 1.6 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $148 / year
- $112 electricity + $36 water · $1,483 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- 83.3 L · Normal, Water Level 8, Warm Temp. programme
32% more electricity than the median of 38 comparable 7 kg top loader washing machine registrations (450 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 0% of them. At your rates that is about $27 a year more than the median, $273 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 7 kg top loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Whirlpool WB70803 specifications
- Loading
- Top loader
- Rated capacity
- 7.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- impeller
- Water per wash
- 83.3 L
- Water efficiency index
- 0.690
- Programme tested
- Normal, Water Level 8, Warm Temp.
- Programme time
- 161 min
- Internal heater
- No
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 595 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.03
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1487
- GEMS registration id
- 165277
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 3 May 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: whirlpool.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.