c/kWh
per week
Capacity
8 kg
Condenser
Energy rating
7
Annual electricity use
159 kWh
Label: 159 kWh ยท 3.1 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$52 / year
$525 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing ยท Cotton Extra 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 12% of them. At your rates that is about $7 a year more than the median, $66 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
Siemens WQ35B2A8AU8 kg98 kWh/yr10$32
Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg98 kWh/yr10$32

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

Clothes dryers similar to the Solt GGSHPD800S2B

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Evoke EHPD800W8 kg158 kWh/yr7$52
Parmco DR8WHP8 kg158 kWh/yr7$52
Kogan KAMHTDRY8NB8 kg140 kWh/yr7$46
Inalto IHPD800W8 kg159 kWh/yr7$52
Euro E8HPCDW8 kg149 kWh/yr7$49
Kogan KAMHTDRY8ND8 kg140 kWh/yr7$46
Teka THPD808 kg159 kWh/yr7$52
Westinghouse WDH804N8WA8 kg156 kWh/yr7$51

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

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Solt GGSHPD800S2B specifications

Type (government)
Condenser
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Cotton Extra
Programme time
320 min
Moisture removed in test
โ€“
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
600 ร— 845 ร— 595 mm
Annual energy (label)
159 kWh
Star rating index
7.04
Country of manufacture
China

6 model numbers on 1 other registration. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.

ModelRegistrationStarskWh / yr
GGSHPD800 seriesACD07157159
GGSHPD800BACD07157159
GGSHPD800CACD07157159
GGSHPD800SACD07157159
GGSHPD800WACD07157159
GGSHPD800XACD07157159

Other model numbers on registration ACD0962

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0962
GEMS registration id
177288
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
24 February 2031
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
GGSHPD800***
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.