Australia · costs in AUD
Condenser · 8 kg
Kogan KAHWS12DR8E Clothes Dryer
Kogan KAHWS12DR8E is a 8 kg condenser clothes dryer (combination washer-dryer) registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACD0995).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Condenser, washer-dryer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Annual electricity use
- 304 kWh
- Label: 304 kWh · 5.8 kWh per load
- Estimated running cost
- $97 / year
- $973 over 10 years
- Control
- Auto-sensing · Dry, Speed: 1400, Dry Level: 3 programme
120% 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 10% of them. At your rates that is about $53 a year more than the median, $531 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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| Miele Txx xx0 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr | 10 | $30 | |
| Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg98 kWh/yr | 10 | $31 | |
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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Kogan KAHWS12DR8E specifications
- Type (government)
- Condenser
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combination washer-dryer
- Yes
- Control
- autosensing
- Programme tested
- Dry, Speed: 1400, Dry Level: 3
- Programme time
- 525 min
- Moisture removed in test
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 304 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.05
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ACD0995
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACD0995
- GEMS registration id
- 181155
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 3 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KAHWS12DR8*
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Rotary Clothes Dryers) Determination 2024
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 2442.1:2021 + A1 + A2
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.