Australia · costs in AUD
Vented · 4.5 kg
Westinghouse WDV457H3WB Clothes Dryer
Westinghouse WDV457H3WB is a 4.5 kg vented clothes dryer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACD0922).
- Capacity
- 4.5 kg
- Vented
- Energy rating
- 1.5
- Annual electricity use
- 213 kWh
- Label: 213 kWh · 4.1 kWh per load
- Estimated running cost
- $68 / year
- $682 over 10 years
- Control
- Timer · Full Heat, Time setting to 110 minutes. programme
13% less electricity than the median of 38 comparable 6 kg and under vented dryer registrations (246 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 63% of them. At your rates that is about $11 a year less than the median, $106 over 10 years.
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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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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Westinghouse WDV457H3WB specifications
- Type (government)
- Vented
- Rated capacity
- 4.5 kg
- Combination washer-dryer
- No
- Control
- timer
- Programme tested
- Full Heat, Time setting to 110 minutes.
- Programme time
- 116 min
- Moisture removed in test
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 213 kWh
- Star rating index
- 1.68
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Related Westinghouse model numbers starting with WDV457H3WB
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDV457H3WB | ACD0583 | 1.5 | 219 | 12 October 2026 |
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACD0922
- GEMS registration id
- 175072
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 3 December 2030
- 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 2442.1:2021 + 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.