c/kWh
per week
Capacity
7 kg
Vented
Energy rating
2
Annual electricity use
314 kWh
Label: 314 kWh ยท 6.0 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$104 / year
$1,036 over 10 years
Control
Timer ยท EXTRA DRY programme

1% more electricity than the median of 32 comparable 7 kg vented dryer registrations (311 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 13% of them. At your rates that is about $1 a year more than the median, $10 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 32 comparable 7 kg vented dryer registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 7 kg 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
Onix ON-VD6W6 kg247 kWh/yr2.5$82
Artusi ACD60A6 kg266 kWh/yr2$88
Robinhood RHVD6UDW6 kg266 kWh/yr2$88
Fisher & Paykel DE6060**6 kg267 kWh/yr2$88
Haier HDV60AWW16 kg267 kWh/yr2$88

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

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ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
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Stirling STR-CD70W7 kg289 kWh/yr2.5$95
Parmco DR7WAV7 kg289 kWh/yr2.5$95
Kogan KACDRYTS70E7 kg302 kWh/yr2$100
Robinhood RHVD70W7 kg289 kWh/yr2.5$95
Akai AK-VD7B7 kg310 kWh/yr2$102
Kogan KACDRYTS70B7 kg302 kWh/yr2$100

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

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Heller HCD7E specifications

Type (government)
Vented
Rated capacity
7.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
timer
Programme tested
EXTRA DRY
Programme time
260 min
Moisture removed in test
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Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
595 ร— 845 ร— 525 mm
Annual energy (label)
314 kWh
Star rating index
2.03
Country of manufacture
China

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD1011
GEMS registration id
181782
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
8 September 2031
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
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Regulatory standard
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Rotary Clothes Dryers) Determination 2024
Test standard
AS/NZS 2442.1:2021 + A1 + A2

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: gafcontrol.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.