c/kWh
per week
Capacity
5 kg
Vented
Energy rating
2
Annual electricity use
217 kWh
Label: 217 kWh ยท 4.2 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$72 / year
$716 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing ยท Auto programme

11% 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 59% of them. At your rates that is about $9 a year less than the median, $92 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
Eurotech 3613224.5 kg197 kWh/yr2$65
Fisher & Paykel DE4560M14.5 kg200 kWh/yr2$66
Fisher & Paykel DE4560M24.5 kg200 kWh/yr2$66
Solt GGSVDE45*4.5 kg202 kWh/yr2$67

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

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ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Haier HDV50E15 kg220 kWh/yr2$73
Simpson SDV556HQWA5.5 kg247 kWh/yr2$82
Mykin MVD255W5.5 kg246 kWh/yr2$81
Mykin MVD55G5.5 kg246 kWh/yr2$81
Eurotech 3613224.5 kg197 kWh/yr2$65
Fisher & Paykel DE4560**4.5 kg200 kWh/yr2$66
Fisher & Paykel DE4560M14.5 kg200 kWh/yr2$66
Euromaid ED45KG4.5 kg202 kWh/yr2$67

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

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Kogan KACDRYVT50A specifications

Type (government)
Vented
Rated capacity
5.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Auto
Programme time
218 min
Moisture removed in test
3.90 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
โ€“
Annual energy (label)
217 kWh
Star rating index
2.23
Country of manufacture
China

Other model numbers on registration ACD0776

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0776
GEMS registration id
161782
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
28 May 2029
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
KACDRYVT50*
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.