Australia · costs in AUD
Condenser · 6 kg
Aeg L8WEC166R Clothes Dryer
Aeg L8WEC166R is a 6 kg condenser clothes dryer (combination washer-dryer) registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACD0769).
- Capacity
- 6 kg
- Condenser, washer-dryer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Annual electricity use
- 229 kWh
- Label: 229 kWh · 4.4 kWh per load
- Estimated running cost
- $73 / year
- $733 over 10 years
- Control
- Auto-sensing · Cottons Eco, Extra Dry programme
20% more electricity than the median of 72 comparable 6 kg and under condenser dryer registrations (191 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 13% of them. At your rates that is about $12 a year more than the median, $122 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 6 kg and under condenser dryer sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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Aeg L8WEC166R specifications
- Type (government)
- Condenser
- Rated capacity
- 6.0 kg
- Combination washer-dryer
- Yes
- Control
- autosensing
- Programme tested
- Cottons Eco, Extra Dry
- Programme time
- 280 min
- Moisture removed in test
- 4.79 kg
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 229 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.02
- Country of manufacture
- Italy
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACD0769
- GEMS registration id
- 161070
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 21 May 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Rotary Clothes Dryers) Determination 2024
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 2442.1:1996/Amdt 4:2006
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 20 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.