Name: Whirlpool WWPB8502IW
Brand: Whirlpool
SKU: ACD0829

Electricity pricec/kWh

Dryer loadsper week

Capacity: 4.5 kg; Condenser, washer-dryer
Energy rating: 3
Annual electricity use: 171 kWh; Label: 171 kWh · 3.3 kWh per load
Estimated running cost: $56 / year; $564 over 10 years

Control: Auto-sensing · Dry only +"A" programme

10% less 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 70% of them. At your rates that is about $7 a year less than the median, $66 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 (below 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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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Whirlpool WWPB8502IW specifications

Type (government): Condenser
Rated capacity: 4.5 kg
Combination washer-dryer: Yes
Control: autosensing
Programme tested: Dry only +"A"
Programme time: 311 min
Moisture removed in test: –
Dimensions (W×H×D): –
Annual energy (label): 171 kWh
Star rating index: 3.03
Country of manufacture: China

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number: ACD0829
GEMS registration id: 167514
Status: approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires: 16 March 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 2442.1:2021 + 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. Manufacturer: whirlpool.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.