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Costway FP11188US-WH

260 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 1.25 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it

A compact top-loading washer (under 1.6 cubic feet). Drum: 1.1 cubic feet.

The COSTWAY FP11188US-WH uses 260 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, at DOE's test use. It uses 3,732 gallons of water a year. Its efficiency figure of 1.25 is equal to the class median of 1.25 among the 48 models registered as top-loading, compact.


Energy and water per year

260 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.

3,732 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 it costs to run where you live

Enter your ZIP to see what this washer costs to run a year, with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, on your own utility’s electricity rate.

See what the middle washer of each product class costs to run on your rate.


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
1.25 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
11.5
Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
1.1 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 260 kWh figure for the COSTWAY FP11188US-WH is an estimate, not a registry value. This site computed it from the registry's IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, of 1.25 and its capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 1.1. It uses DOE's test use, a set number of cycles a year, and assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. Because IMEF folds the dryer in, 260 kWh is not the washer's own share. That machine-only figure is not published: DOE's database files IMEF, only ENERGY STAR splits the machine out, and it lists this model under no matching rating. The source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25.

Read the rest

The 3,732 gallons figure comes from the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, which is 11.5 for this model. This site multiplies it by the capacity of 1.1 and by the same DOE test use, a set number of cycles a year. The total holds only at that test use. The water cost is not stated, because no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, and this page does not estimate one. The method behind the yearly energy and water figures is described on the methodology page.

The class here is the 48 models registered as top-loading, compact. Their median IMEF is 1.25, and this model's IMEF of 1.25 is equal to that class median, so there is no difference to report. The running cost is not given in the text, because it depends on your own utility electricity tariff. The page computes it from your ZIP instead. The installed price range is not published either: the cost database needs the washer's own yearly energy, which only ENERGY STAR files, and it lists no matching rating for this model. For other models, see all clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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