Name: Samsung Electronics WD90HG4U04BE
Brand: Samsung Electronics
SKU: ACD0965

Electricity pricec/kWh

Dryer loadsper week

Capacity: 6 kg; Condenser, washer-dryer
Energy rating: 2
Annual electricity use: 270 kWh; Label: 270 kWh · 5.2 kWh per load
Estimated running cost: $89 / year; $891 over 10 years

Control: Auto-sensing · Cotton Dry programme

41% more 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 1% of them. At your rates that is about $26 a year more than the median, $261 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 191141249

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 81 comparable 6 kg and under condenser 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 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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Samsung Electronics WD90HG4U04BE specifications

Type (government): Condenser
Rated capacity: 6.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer: Yes
Control: autosensing
Programme tested: Cotton Dry
Programme time: 360 min
Moisture removed in test: –
Dimensions (W×H×D): –
Annual energy (label): 270 kWh
Star rating index: 2.01
Country of manufacture: China

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number: ACD0965
GEMS registration id: 177380
Status: approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires: 26 February 2031
Registered for sale in: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family: –
Regulatory standard: Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Rotary Clothes Dryers) Determination 2024
Test standard: AS/NZS 2442.1:2021 + A1 + A2

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.