New Zealand · costs in NZD
Vented · 7 kg
Akai AK-VD7B Clothes Dryer
Akai AK-VD7B is a 7 kg vented clothes dryer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACD0646).
- Capacity
- 7 kg
- Vented
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 310 kWh
- Label: 310 kWh · 6.0 kWh per load
- Estimated running cost
- $102 / year
- $1,023 over 10 years
- Control
- Timer · Extra Dry programme
About the same electricity as the median of 32 comparable 7 kg vented dryer registrations (311 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 81% of them.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 7 kg vented dryer sold in New Zealand, 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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Akai AK-VD7B specifications
- Type (government)
- Vented
- Rated capacity
- 7.0 kg
- Combination washer-dryer
- No
- Control
- timer
- Programme tested
- Extra Dry
- Programme time
- 203 min
- Moisture removed in test
- 5.69 kg
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 310 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.11
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACD0646
- GEMS registration id
- 146649
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 26 May 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: E3 programme registration data (EECA, New Zealand) (trans-Tasman E3 registration data published by DCCEEW on data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 20 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.