Australia · costs in AUD
Vented · 4 kg
Carson CSF343VV Clothes Dryer
Carson CSF343VV is a 4 kg vented clothes dryer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACD0675).
- Capacity
- 4 kg
- Vented
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Annual electricity use
- 160 kWh
- Label: 160 kWh · 3.1 kWh per load
- Estimated running cost
- $51 / year
- $512 over 10 years
- Control
- Timer · Thermostat programme
35% less electricity than the median of 38 comparable 6 kg and under vented dryer registrations (246 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 95% of them. At your rates that is about $28 a year less than the median, $275 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 6 kg and under vented 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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Carson CSF343VV specifications
- Type (government)
- Vented
- Rated capacity
- 4.0 kg
- Combination washer-dryer
- No
- Control
- timer
- Programme tested
- Thermostat
- Programme time
- 160 min
- Moisture removed in test
- 3.11 kg
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 595 × 670 × 440 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 160 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.73
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACD0675
- GEMS registration id
- 151934
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 17 June 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia
- 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.