c/kWh
per week
Capacity
8 kg
Condenser
Energy rating
2
Annual electricity use
355 kWh
Label: 355 kWh Β· 6.8 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$117 / year
$1,172 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing Β· Cotton Cupboard Dry programme

155% 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 4% of them. At your rates that is about $71 a year more than the median, $713 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
Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg98 kWh/yr10$32
Siemens WQ35B2**AU8 kg98 kWh/yr10$32

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

Clothes dryers similar to the Hoover HV-LCD8

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Anko ACD80W8 kg360 kWh/yr2$119
Euro E8CCDW8 kg352 kWh/yr2$116
Siemens WQ35B2A8AU8 kg98 kWh/yr10$32
Miele TCF 720 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Siemens WQ35B2**AU8 kg98 kWh/yr10$32
Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg98 kWh/yr10$32
Miele TWF 720 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg93 kWh/yr10$31

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

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Hoover HV-LCD8 specifications

Type (government)
Condenser
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Cotton Cupboard Dry
Programme time
186 min
Moisture removed in test
7.52 kg
Dimensions (WΓ—HΓ—D)
–
Annual energy (label)
355 kWh
Star rating index
2.09
Country of manufacture
TΓΌrkiye

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0698
GEMS registration id
153423
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
3 May 2028
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.