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 Txx xx0 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Miele TCF 720 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.

Clothes dryers similar to the Parmco DR8WHP

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Inalto IHPD80 Series8 kg159 kWh/yr7$52
Omega OHPD800W8 kg159 kWh/yr7$52
Teka THPD808 kg159 kWh/yr7$52
Evoke EHPD800W8 kg158 kWh/yr7$52
Mykin MHPD800*8 kg159 kWh/yr7$52
Kogan KAMHTDRY8N*8 kg140 kWh/yr7$46
Kogan KAMHTDRY8NC8 kg140 kWh/yr7$46
Euro E8HPCDW8 kg149 kWh/yr7$49

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

Compare DR8WHP with another clothes dryer

Parmco DR8WHP specifications

Type (government)
Condenser
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Daily
Programme time
285 min
Moisture removed in test
6.44 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
595 ร— 850 ร— 630 mm
Annual energy (label)
158 kWh
Star rating index
7.07
Country of manufacture
China

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ZCD0103
GEMS registration id
156554
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
n/a (NZ registration)
Registered for sale in
New Zealand
Family
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Regulatory standard
EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2F
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. Manufacturer: galanz.com. How the derived figures are calculated.