c/kWh
per week
Capacity
6.5 kg
Vented
Energy rating
2
Annual electricity use
292 kWh
Label: 292 kWh Β· 5.6 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$93 / year
$934 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing Β· Eco Cotton programme

19% 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 0% of them. At your rates that is about $15 a year more than the median, $147 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 38 comparable 6 kg and under vented dryer registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 6 kg and under vented dryer sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

Clothes dryers that use less electricity

Same type and size group, at least 3% lower annual kWh on the label basis.

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Westinghouse WDV556N3WB5.5 kg244 kWh/yr2$78
Solt GGSVD55B5.5 kg246 kWh/yr2$79
Esatto EVD255S5.5 kg246 kWh/yr2$79
Solt GGSVD255G5.5 kg246 kWh/yr2$79
Esatto EVD5W5.5 kg246 kWh/yr2$79

kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Norj NFLD106W16 kg266 kWh/yr2$85
Fisher & Paykel DE6060P16 kg267 kWh/yr2$85
Haier HDV60AWW16 kg267 kWh/yr2$85
Fisher & Paykel DE6060M26 kg267 kWh/yr2$85

kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

Other Westinghouse models of similar size

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Westinghouse WDV656HQWA6.5 kg292 kWh/yr2$93
Westinghouse WDV656N3WB6.5 kg291 kWh/yr2$93

kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Westinghouse WDV656N3WB specifications

Type (government)
Vented
Rated capacity
6.5 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Eco Cotton
Programme time
167 min
Moisture removed in test
5.14 kg
Dimensions (WΓ—HΓ—D)
–
Annual energy (label)
292 kWh
Star rating index
2.02
Country of manufacture
Thailand

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.

ModelRegistrationStarskWh / yr
WDV656N3WBACD09162291

Australian GEMS registration details

Registration number
ACD0582
GEMS registration id
142066
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.