c/kWh
per week
Capacity
8 kg
Condenser
Energy rating
7
Annual electricity use
156 kWh
Label: 156 kWh ยท 3.0 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$51 / year
$515 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing ยท Eco Cotton programme

12% 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 34% of them. At your rates that is about $6 a year more than the median, $56 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.

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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 TWF 720 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Miele TCF 720 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Siemens WQ35B2AXAU8 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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Evoke EHPD800W8 kg158 kWh/yr7$52
Kogan KAMHTDRY8NF8 kg140 kWh/yr7$46
Parmco DR8WHP8 kg158 kWh/yr7$52
Inalto IHPD808 kg159 kWh/yr7$52
Kogan KAMHTDRY8NC8 kg140 kWh/yr7$46
Inalto IHPD800W8 kg159 kWh/yr7$52

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

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Westinghouse WDH804N8WA specifications

Type (government)
Condenser
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Eco Cotton
Programme time
279 min
Moisture removed in test
6.36 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
596 ร— 850 ร— 638 mm
Annual energy (label)
156 kWh
Star rating index
7.15
Country of manufacture
Poland

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0622
GEMS registration id
145490
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
17 March 2027
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.