Australia · costs in AUD
Vented · 6.5 kg
Westinghouse WDV656N3WB Clothes Dryer
Westinghouse WDV656N3WB is a 6.5 kg vented clothes dryer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACD0916).
- Capacity
- 6.5 kg
- Vented
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 291 kWh
- Label: 291 kWh · 5.6 kWh per load
- Estimated running cost
- $93 / year
- $931 over 10 years
- Control
- Auto-sensing · Eco Cotton programme
18% more 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 5% of them. At your rates that is about $14 a year more than the median, $144 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.
Other Westinghouse models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westinghouse WDV656HQWA6.5 kg292 kWh/yr | 2 | $93 | |
| Westinghouse WDV656N3WB6.5 kg292 kWh/yr | 2 | $93 |
kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
Compare WDV656N3WB with another clothes dryer
Westinghouse WDV656N3WB specifications
- Type (government)
- Vented
- Rated capacity
- 6.5 kg
- Combination washer-dryer
- No
- Control
- autosensing
- Programme tested
- Eco Cotton
- Programme time
- 184 min
- Moisture removed in test
- –
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 291 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.03
- Country of manufacture
- Thailand
Related Westinghouse model numbers starting with WDV656N3WB
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDV656N3WB | ACD0582 | 2 | 292 | 12 October 2026 |
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACD0916
- GEMS registration id
- 175076
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 2 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.