c/kWh
per week
Capacity
9 kg
Vented
Energy rating
1.5
Annual electricity use
426 kWh
Label: 426 kWh Β· 8.2 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$136 / year
$1,363 over 10 years
Control
Timer Β· EXTRA DRY programme

1% more electricity than the median of 10 comparable 9 kg vented dryer registrations (424 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 30% of them. At your rates that is about $1 a year more than the median, $8 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 10 comparable 9 kg vented dryer registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 9 kg vented dryer sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

Clothes dryers that use less electricity

Same type and size group, at least 3% lower annual kWh on the label basis.

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Mistral MBDY578-V8W-F8 kg332 kWh/yr2.5$106
Stirling STR-VD8W8 kg332 kWh/yr2.5$106
Mistral MBDY578-V8W8 kg332 kWh/yr2.5$106
Bellaro BDV8-W-AU8 kg332 kWh/yr2.5$106
Onix ON-VD8W8 kg349 kWh/yr2$112

kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
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Kogan KACDRYTS90*9 kg419 kWh/yr1.5$134
Speed Queen ADEE9RGS465AW019 kg411 kWh/yr1.5$132
Speed Queen ADEE9RWS463AW019 kg411 kWh/yr1.5$132
Stirling STR-VD8W8 kg332 kWh/yr2.5$106
Onix ON-VD8W8 kg349 kWh/yr2$112
Inalto IVD28***8 kg351 kWh/yr2$112
Solt GGSVD8G8 kg351 kWh/yr2$112

kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Euroclean GDZ90-988E specifications

Type (government)
Vented
Rated capacity
9.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
timer
Programme tested
EXTRA DRY
Programme time
231 min
Moisture removed in test
7.04 kg
Dimensions (WΓ—HΓ—D)
–
Annual energy (label)
426 kWh
Star rating index
1.70
Country of manufacture
China

Australian GEMS registration details

Registration number
ACD0782
GEMS registration id
163042
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
4 July 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.