Australia · costs in AUD
Condenser · 8 kg
Westinghouse WDC804M5WA Clothes Dryer
Westinghouse WDC804M5WA is a 8 kg condenser clothes dryer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACD0584).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Condenser
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 358 kWh
- Label: 358 kWh · 6.9 kWh per load
- Estimated running cost
- $115 / year
- $1,146 over 10 years
- Control
- Auto-sensing · Eco Cotton programme
159% 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 3% of them. At your rates that is about $70 a year more than the median, $704 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 TCF 720 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr | 10 | $30 | |
| Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg93 kWh/yr | 10 | $30 | |
| Siemens WQ35B2A8AU8 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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Westinghouse WDC804M5WA specifications
- Type (government)
- Condenser
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combination washer-dryer
- No
- Control
- autosensing
- Programme tested
- Eco Cotton
- Programme time
- 223 min
- Moisture removed in test
- 6.36 kg
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 358 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.04
- Country of manufacture
- Poland
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACD0584
- GEMS registration id
- 142089
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 12 October 2026
- 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.