15,000 people will be compensated after buying air conditioners that failed to comply with energy rating labels
September 28, 2006 (Press Release) --
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says more than 15,000 people will be compensated after buying air conditioners that failed to comply with energy rating labels.
The ACCC says it received a complaint from the Australian Greenhouse Office about the energy rating claims and labels that were placed on five air conditioning models produced by LG.
ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel says the wrongly-labelled air conditioners were sold between October 2002 and the end of 2005.
He says tests on the models were conducted by the Department of Energy in New South Wales and Energy Safe in Victoria.
"They found that the labels were misleading, that the actual cooling output of a number of models was less than 90 per cent of the rated output," he said.
"They therefore would have needed to be used more use more electricity and the energy rating was claimed to be too high."
Up to $3.1 million will be available in rebates for eligible consumers who bought five popular LG
Electronics Australia Pty Ltd air conditioner models that did not comply with the energy efficiency values claimed on rating labels.
Models are:
LST182H-2
16 October 2002 –
14 December 2004
$71.54
LST244H-2
31 October 2002 –
22 October 2005
$198.22
LST244T-2
24 October 2002 –
20 January 2004
$208.28
LSZ182M-4
23 September 2004
20 October 2005
$89.42
LBNL6081BL /
LBUL6080BL
3 September 2003
22 September 2005
$436.77
Consumers who purchased these models between the dates listed above should contact LG on
1800 506 154 for your Rebate now.
The ACCC says it received a complaint from the Australian Greenhouse Office about the energy rating claims and labels that were placed on five air conditioning models produced by LG.
ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel says the wrongly-labelled air conditioners were sold between October 2002 and the end of 2005.
He says tests on the models were conducted by the Department of Energy in New South Wales and Energy Safe in Victoria.
"They found that the labels were misleading, that the actual cooling output of a number of models was less than 90 per cent of the rated output," he said.
"They therefore would have needed to be used more use more electricity and the energy rating was claimed to be too high."
Up to $3.1 million will be available in rebates for eligible consumers who bought five popular LG
Electronics Australia Pty Ltd air conditioner models that did not comply with the energy efficiency values claimed on rating labels.
Models are:
LST182H-2
16 October 2002 –
14 December 2004
$71.54
LST244H-2
31 October 2002 –
22 October 2005
$198.22
LST244T-2
24 October 2002 –
20 January 2004
$208.28
LSZ182M-4
23 September 2004
20 October 2005
$89.42
LBNL6081BL /
LBUL6080BL
3 September 2003
22 September 2005
$436.77
Consumers who purchased these models between the dates listed above should contact LG on
1800 506 154 for your Rebate now.
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