Australia · costs in AUD
Condenser · 8 kg
Hoover HV-LCD8 Clothes Dryer
Hoover HV-LCD8 is a 8 kg condenser clothes dryer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACD0698).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Condenser
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 355 kWh
- Label: 355 kWh · 6.8 kWh per load
- Estimated running cost
- $114 / year
- $1,136 over 10 years
- Control
- Auto-sensing · Cotton Cupboard Dry programme
157% more electricity than the median of 125 comparable 8 kg condenser dryer registrations (138 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 5% of them. At your rates that is about $69 a year more than the median, $694 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg condenser dryer sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Same type and size group, at least 3% lower annual kWh on the label basis.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg93 kWh/yr | 10 | $30 | |
| Miele TCF 720 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr | 10 | $30 | |
| Miele TWF 720 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr | 10 | $30 | |
| Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg98 kWh/yr | 10 | $31 | |
| Siemens WQ35B2A8AU8 kg98 kWh/yr | 10 | $31 |
kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Anko ACD80W8 kg360 kWh/yr | 2 | $115 | |
| Euro E8CCDW8 kg352 kWh/yr | 2 | $113 | |
| Siemens WQ35B2A8AU8 kg98 kWh/yr | 10 | $31 | |
| Miele TCE 630 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr | 10 | $30 | |
| Siemens WQ35B2**AU8 kg98 kWh/yr | 10 | $31 | |
| Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg98 kWh/yr | 10 | $31 | |
| Miele Txx xx0 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr | 10 | $30 | |
| Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg93 kWh/yr | 10 | $30 |
kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
Compare HV-LCD8 with another clothes dryer
Hoover HV-LCD8 specifications
- Type (government)
- Condenser
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combination washer-dryer
- No
- Control
- autosensing
- Programme tested
- Cotton Cupboard Dry
- Programme time
- 186 min
- Moisture removed in test
- 7.52 kg
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 355 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.09
- Country of manufacture
- Türkiye
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACD0698
- GEMS registration id
- 153423
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 3 May 2028
- 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.