c/kWh
per week
Capacity
6 kg
Vented
Energy rating
2
Annual electricity use
267 kWh
Label: 267 kWh ยท 5.1 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$88 / year
$881 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing ยท Everyday, Dry/Extra Dry, High programme

9% more 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 16% of them. At your rates that is about $7 a year more than the median, $73 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 (above 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
Kogan KACDRYVT50D5 kg217 kWh/yr2$72
Kogan KACDRYVT50C5 kg217 kWh/yr2$72
Haier HDV50E15 kg220 kWh/yr2$73
Westinghouse WDV556N3WB5.5 kg244 kWh/yr2$81
Solt GGSVD55G5.5 kg246 kWh/yr2$81

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

Clothes dryers similar to the Fisher & Paykel DE6060G1

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Haier HDV60AWW16 kg267 kWh/yr2$88
Electrolux EDV605H3WB6 kg269 kWh/yr2$89
Haier HDV60A16 kg270 kWh/yr2$89
Robinhood RHVD6UDW6 kg266 kWh/yr2$88
Artusi ACD60A6 kg266 kWh/yr2$88
Onix ON-VD6W6 kg247 kWh/yr2.5$82
Solt GGSVD55G5.5 kg246 kWh/yr2$81
Westinghouse WDV556N3WB5.5 kg244 kWh/yr2$81

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

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Fisher & Paykel DE6060G1 specifications

Type (government)
Vented
Rated capacity
6.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Everyday, Dry/Extra Dry, High
Programme time
186 min
Moisture removed in test
4.72 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
โ€“
Annual energy (label)
267 kWh
Star rating index
2.08
Country of manufacture
China

Other model numbers on registration ACD0905

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0905
GEMS registration id
173431
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
15 October 2030
Registered for sale in
Australia, New Zealand
Family
DE6060**
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.