c/kWh
per week
Capacity
8 kg
Condenser
Energy rating
6
Annual electricity use
155 kWh
Label: 155 kWh ยท 3.0 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$51 / year
$512 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing ยท Everyday, Dry, High Temp programme

12% more electricity than the median of 128 comparable 8 kg condenser dryer registrations (139 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 38% of them. At your rates that is about $5 a year more than the median, $53 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 128 comparable 8 kg condenser dryer registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg condenser 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
Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg93 kWh/yr10$31
Miele TCE 630 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Miele TCF 720 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Siemens WQ35B2AXAU8 kg98 kWh/yr10$32
Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg98 kWh/yr10$32

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

Clothes dryers similar to the Fisher & Paykel DH8060P1

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Eurotech ED-HPD8WH8 kg148 kWh/yr6$49
Hafele HZHPD80W8 kg159 kWh/yr6$52
LG TD-H803CSW8 kg115 kWh/yr9$38
Miele TCE 630 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Hisense HDF5S80H8 kg110 kWh/yr9$36
Miele TWF 720 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Chiq HPD80PW18 kg115 kWh/yr9$38
Aeg T858M6OBC8 kg112 kWh/yr9$37

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

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Fisher & Paykel DH8060P1 specifications

Type (government)
Condenser
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Everyday, Dry, High Temp
Programme time
233 min
Moisture removed in test
6.39 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
600 ร— 850 ร— 650 mm
Annual energy (label)
155 kWh
Star rating index
7.19
Country of manufacture
China

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0898
GEMS registration id
172933
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
30 September 2030
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. How the derived figures are calculated.