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Costway FP11187US-WH

257 kWh a year DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) (the U.S. Department of Energy’s Compliance Certification Database) · 2026-10-25

with an electric water heater and an electric dryer

IMEF 1.49 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it

A compact top-loading washer (under 1.6 cubic feet). Drum: 1.3 cubic feet.

The COSTWAY FP11187US-WH uses 257 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, and 4,142 gallons of water, at DOE's test use. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 1.49, above the class median of 1.25 across 48 compact top-loading models.


Energy and water per year

257 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer

Computed by this site from the registry's IMEF and drum capacity at DOE's test use of 295 cycles a year. IMEF counts the washer, heating its water electrically, and the electric dryer's work on what the spin leaves wet — so this is the total for that kind of home. How it is calculated

Not published: The washer's own share, without the dryer

DOE's database files IMEF, which folds the dryer in; only ENERGY STAR splits the machine out, and it lists this model under no matching rating.

The total above, and the IMEF it comes from, stand as filed.

Not published: A home with a gas water heater, a gas dryer or line drying

DOE's rating assumes electric water heating and an electric dryer and files no split between the machine, the water heating and the drying.

Such a home uses less electricity than the total above; how much less, no registry says for this model.

4,142 gallons of water a year

Computed from the registry's IWF and drum capacity at the same 295 cycles a year.

Not published: What the water costs

water and sewer rates are set by thousands of local utilities and no free national source publishes them.

The gallons above are the figure to multiply by your own water and sewer rate.

This model is rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class.

DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) · 2026-10-25

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What the registry files

From DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

IMEF (Integrated Modified Energy Factor) how many cubic feet of drum a washer cleans for each kilowatt-hour, counting the machine, heating the water and drying what the spin leaves wet
1.49 Compared only with other top-loading, compact washers.
IWF (Integrated Water Factor) how many gallons of water a washer uses per cycle for each cubic foot of drum
10.8
Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
1.3 ft³
Federal minimum IMEF for this class
1.15

Installed cost and service life

Not published: Installed cost range

NLR REMDB's cost model needs the washer's own yearly energy use, which only ENERGY STAR files — and it lists no matching rating for this model.

Ask retailers or installers for a written quote that names this model number. The yearly energy, water and running cost on this page do not depend on it.

Service life: DOE’s cost database assumes 11 years for top-loading washers. That is a class assumption, not this model’s rating or a warranty — no registry publishes either.

NLR REMDB v4.0.0 · 2026-09-29

Safety record

No CPSC recall names this model.

Checked against the CPSC recall database. CPSC does not publish a model-level match for this product category, so this list is curated by hand from the manufacturer's recall filings.

CPSC · 2026-09-29

What these figures mean

The yearly figure of 257 kWh is calculated by this site, not read from the registry. It uses the registry's IMEF of 1.49 and the capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, which is 1.3, applied to DOE's standard yearly test use. The scope is an electric water heater and an electric dryer, so the figure includes the energy that drying the load adds, not only the washer's own motor and water heating. Machine-only energy is not available for this model. DOE's database files IMEF, which folds the dryer in, and only ENERGY STAR splits the machine out; it lists this model under no matching rating. The source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25. The calculation method page shows how the inputs combine.

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The water figure of 4,142 gallons comes from this site's calculation, not from a household meter. It combines the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, of 10.8 with the capacity of 1.3, at the same standard yearly test use. A home that runs more or fewer loads than that test use will see a different total. The cost of this water is not stated, because no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, and this page does not estimate an amount. The installed price range is also not available: the cost database needs the washer's own yearly energy, which only ENERGY STAR files, and it lists no matching rating for this model.

The COSTWAY FP11187US-WH has an IMEF of 1.49, compared with a class median of 1.25 across the 48 models registered as top-loading, compact. Its value is above that median. This comparison covers only the registry's IMEF, which includes the dryer, so it says nothing about the washer's own share of energy, which is not published. The running cost depends on your own utility electricity tariff, which this page cannot know. The page computes it from your ZIP code instead, and the text names no amount. For other models in the same registry data, see all clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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