Australia · costs in AUD
Condenser · 8 kg
Hoover HV-LHP8 Clothes Dryer
Hoover HV-LHP8 is a 8 kg condenser clothes dryer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACD0640).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Condenser
- Energy rating
- 7
- Annual electricity use
- 148 kWh
- Label: 148 kWh · 2.8 kWh per load
- Estimated running cost
- $47 / year
- $474 over 10 years
- Control
- Auto-sensing · Standard- Heavy program programme
7% 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 46% of them. At your rates that is about $3 a year more than the median, $32 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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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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Hoover HV-LHP8 specifications
- Type (government)
- Condenser
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combination washer-dryer
- No
- Control
- autosensing
- Programme tested
- Standard- Heavy program
- Programme time
- 287 min
- Moisture removed in test
- 6.40 kg
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 148 kWh
- Star rating index
- 7.48
- Country of manufacture
- China
Related Hoover model numbers starting with HVLHP8
1 model numbers on 1 other registration. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.
| Model | Registration | Stars | kWh / yr | Registration expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HV-LHP8 | ACD0606 | 7 | 145 | 6 February 2027 |
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACD0640
- GEMS registration id
- 146366
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 2 May 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, 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.