Name: Whirlpool WRWD582WAU
Brand: Whirlpool
SKU: ACD0674

Electricity pricec/kWh

Dryer loadsper week

Capacity: 4.5 kg; Condenser, washer-dryer
Energy rating: 2.5
Annual electricity use: 185 kWh; Label: 185 kWh · 3.6 kWh per load
Estimated running cost: $59 / year; $592 over 10 years

Control: Auto-sensing · Program 11 Cotton, Drying level A4, programme

3% less electricity than the median of 72 comparable 6 kg and under condenser dryer registrations (191 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 53% of them. At your rates that is about $2 a year less than the median, $19 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 191127249

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 72 comparable 6 kg and under condenser dryer registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 6 kg and under 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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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Whirlpool WRWD582WAU specifications

Type (government): Condenser
Rated capacity: 4.5 kg
Combination washer-dryer: Yes
Control: autosensing
Programme tested: Program 11 Cotton, Drying level A4,
Programme time: 269 min
Moisture removed in test: 3.59 kg
Dimensions (W×H×D): –
Annual energy (label): 185 kWh
Star rating index: 2.56
Country of manufacture: Italy

Australian GEMS registration details

Registration number: ACD0674
GEMS registration id: 151767
Status: approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires: 20 December 2027
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. Manufacturer: whirlpool.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.