c/kWh
per week
Capacity
6 kg
Vented
Energy rating
2.5
Annual electricity use
247 kWh
Label: 247 kWh ยท 4.8 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$82 / year
$815 over 10 years
Control
Timer ยท Extra programme

1% more 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 28% of them. At your rates that is about $1 a year more than the median, $7 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 (above 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
Kogan KACDRYVT50A5 kg217 kWh/yr2$72
Kogan KACDRYVT50B5 kg217 kWh/yr2$72
Haier HDV50E15 kg220 kWh/yr2$73

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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Robinhood RHVD6UDW6 kg266 kWh/yr2$88
Fisher & Paykel DE6060M16 kg267 kWh/yr2$88
Fisher & Paykel DE6060M26 kg267 kWh/yr2$88
Electrolux EDV605H3WB6 kg269 kWh/yr2$89
Haier HDV60A16 kg270 kWh/yr2$89
Haier HDV60AWW16 kg267 kWh/yr2$88
Westinghouse WDV556N3WB5.5 kg244 kWh/yr2$81

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

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Onix ON-VD6W specifications

Type (government)
Vented
Rated capacity
6.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
timer
Programme tested
Extra
Programme time
233 min
Moisture removed in test
4.74 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
โ€“
Annual energy (label)
247 kWh
Star rating index
2.55
Country of manufacture
China

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0807
GEMS registration id
165428
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
12 November 2029
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 2442.1:1996/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.