c/kWh
per week
Capacity
4.5 kg
Vented
Energy rating
2
Annual electricity use
202 kWh
Label: 202 kWh ยท 3.9 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$67 / year
$667 over 10 years
Control
Timer ยท High heat, Timer set to 200 programme

18% less electricity than the median of 32 comparable 6 kg and under vented dryer registrations (245 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 66% of them. At your rates that is about $14 a year less than the median, $142 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 32 comparable 6 kg and under vented 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 vented dryer sold in New Zealand, 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
Haier HDV40A14 kg180 kWh/yr2$59

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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Euromaid ED45KG specifications

Type (government)
Vented
Rated capacity
4.5 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
timer
Programme tested
High heat, Timer set to 200
Programme time
169 min
Moisture removed in test
3.53 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
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Annual energy (label)
202 kWh
Star rating index
2.02
Country of manufacture
China

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0589
GEMS registration id
142613
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
1 November 2026
Registered for sale in
Australia, New Zealand
Family
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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. Manufacturer: glendimplex.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.