New Zealand · costs in NZD
Condenser · 6 kg
LG WD1610NSW Clothes Dryer
LG WD1610NSW is a 6 kg condenser clothes dryer (combination washer-dryer) registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACD0609).
- Capacity
- 6 kg
- Condenser, washer-dryer
- Energy rating
- 7
- Annual electricity use
- 119 kWh
- Label: 119 kWh · 2.3 kWh per load
- Estimated running cost
- $39 / year
- $393 over 10 years
- Control
- Auto-sensing · Cotton Dry, Eco Dry, 1200RPM programme
38% less electricity than the median of 81 comparable 6 kg and under condenser dryer registrations (191 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 95% of them. At your rates that is about $24 a year less than the median, $238 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 6 kg and under condenser dryer sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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LG WD1610NSW specifications
- Type (government)
- Condenser
- Rated capacity
- 6.0 kg
- Combination washer-dryer
- Yes
- Control
- autosensing
- Programme tested
- Cotton Dry, Eco Dry, 1200RPM
- Programme time
- 364 min
- Moisture removed in test
- 4.79 kg
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 600 × 850 × 675 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 119 kWh
- Star rating index
- 7.05
- Country of manufacture
- South Korea
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACD0609
- GEMS registration id
- 144329
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 10 February 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, 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.