Name: Westinghouse WDV556HQWA
Brand: Westinghouse
SKU: ACD0835

Electricity pricec/kWh

Dryer loadsper week

Capacity: 5.5 kg; Vented
Energy rating: 2
Annual electricity use: 247 kWh; Label: 247 kWh · 4.8 kWh per load
Estimated running cost: $82 / year; $815 over 10 years

Control: Auto-sensing · Cottons Dry,Extra programme

1% more electricity than the median of 32 comparable 6 kg and under vented dryer registrations (245 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 28% of them. At your rates that is about $1 a year more than the median, $7 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 245200270

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 32 comparable 6 kg and under vented 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 vented 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.

Other Westinghouse models of similar size

Model	Capacity	Stars	kWh / yr	Est. cost / yr	Uses less than	Compare
Westinghouse WDV556N3WB5.5 kg244 kWh/yr	5.5 kg	2	244	$81	50% of similar

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

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Westinghouse WDV556HQWA specifications

Type (government): Vented
Rated capacity: 5.5 kg
Combination washer-dryer: No
Control: autosensing
Programme tested: Cottons Dry,Extra
Programme time: 135 min
Moisture removed in test: 4.46 kg
Dimensions (W×H×D): –
Annual energy (label): 247 kWh
Star rating index: 2.02
Country of manufacture: Thailand

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number: ACD0835
GEMS registration id: 168503
Status: approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires: 28 September 2030
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 2442.1:1996/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.