Australia · costs in AUD
Vented · 5.5 kg
Simpson SDV556HQWA Clothes Dryer
Simpson SDV556HQWA is a 5.5 kg vented clothes dryer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACD0742).
- Capacity
- 5.5 kg
- Vented
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 247 kWh
- Label: 247 kWh · 4.8 kWh per load
- Estimated running cost
- $79 / year
- $790 over 10 years
- Control
- Auto-sensing · Cottons Dry,Extra programme
About the same electricity as the median of 38 comparable 6 kg and under vented dryer registrations (246 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 32% of them.
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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| Westinghouse WDV556HQWA5.5 kg247 kWh/yr | 2 | $79 | |
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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Simpson SDV556HQWA specifications
- Type (government)
- Vented
- Rated capacity
- 5.5 kg
- Combination washer-dryer
- No
- Control
- autosensing
- Programme tested
- Cottons Dry,Extra
- Programme time
- 135 min
- Moisture removed in test
- 4.46 kg
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 247 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.02
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACD0742
- GEMS registration id
- 158340
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 January 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.