c/kWh
per week
Capacity
8 kg
Condenser
Energy rating
7
Annual electricity use
158 kWh
Label: 158 kWh ยท 3.0 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$52 / year
$521 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing ยท Daily programme

14% 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 30% of them. At your rates that is about $6 a year more than the median, $63 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 TCF 720 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Miele Txx xx0 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg98 kWh/yr10$32
Siemens WQ35B2A8AU8 kg98 kWh/yr10$32

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

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Westinghouse WDH804N7WA8 kg156 kWh/yr7$51
Living & CO MDC80-CH01/B05E-AU(7)-P28 kg146 kWh/yr7$48
Hoover HV-LHP88 kg148 kWh/yr7$49
Hoover HV-LHP88 kg145 kWh/yr7$48
Evoke EHPD800W8 kg158 kWh/yr7$52
Parmco DR8WHP8 kg158 kWh/yr7$52
Euro E8HPCDW8 kg149 kWh/yr7$49

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

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Kogan KAG8HTPPDYE specifications

Type (government)
Condenser
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Daily
Programme time
290 min
Moisture removed in test
6.44 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
โ€“
Annual energy (label)
158 kWh
Star rating index
7.07
Country of manufacture
China

Other model numbers on registration ACD0605

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0605
GEMS registration id
144367
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
6 February 2027
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
KAG8HTPPDY*
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.