c/kWh
per week
Capacity
8 kg
Condenser
Energy rating
8
Annual electricity use
135 kWh
Label: 135 kWh ยท 2.6 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$45 / year
$446 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing ยท Jeans+Intensity programme

3% less electricity than the median of 128 comparable 8 kg condenser dryer registrations (139 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 51% of them. At your rates that is about $1 a year less than the median, $13 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 (below 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 TCE 630 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Miele Txx xx0 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Siemens WQ35B2**AU8 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.

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ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Seiki SC-800AU8HP8 kg124 kWh/yr8$41
Smeg SAHP83S8 kg135 kWh/yr8$45
Telefunken TF800AU8HP8 kg124 kWh/yr8$41
Hisense HDFS80HE8 kg121 kWh/yr8$40
Stirling SHPD800W8 kg135 kWh/yr8$45
Stirling SHPD800 Series8 kg135 kWh/yr8$45
Esatto EHPD800XB8 kg135 kWh/yr8$45
Asko TD758 kg119 kWh/yr8$39

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

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Solt GGSHPD88 series specifications

Type (government)
Condenser
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Jeans+Intensity
Programme time
282 min
Moisture removed in test
6.31 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
595 ร— 850 ร— 685 mm
Annual energy (label)
135 kWh
Star rating index
8.04
Country of manufacture
China

Other model numbers on registration ACD0878

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0878
GEMS registration id
171290
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
19 August 2030
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
GGSHPD88 series
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.