Costway FP11217US-WH
257 kWh a year DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) (the U.S. Department of Energy’s Compliance Certification Database) · 2026-10-25with 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.
For a check of the COSTWAY FP11217US-WH, here are its registry figures. At DOE's test use it draws 257 kWh a year with an electric water heater and electric dryer. It uses 4,142 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 1.49, ranking 1st of 48 in its class.
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) · 2026-10-25What it costs to run where you live
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
- 1.49 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 · 2026-09-29Safety 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 · 2026-09-29What these figures mean
Where the hot water in this figure comes from
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Water heaters
The other big user of hot water in a home, with every model on file.
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What a water heater costs to run
Prices a water heater’s efficiency against your own utility’s tariff.
Closest in its class
- Costway FP11216US-WH 257 kWh a year
- Costway FP11217US-GR 257 kWh a year
- Costway FP11188US-GR 260 kWh a year
- Costway FP11188US-WH 260 kWh a year
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How every figure on this page is calculated
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Top-load washers ranked by filed efficiency (IMEF)
Ranked by filed IMEF inside each class, recalled models left out.
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Compact washers ranked by filed efficiency (IMEF)
Ranked by filed IMEF inside each class, recalled models left out.
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Most energy-efficient clothes washers
Ranked by filed IMEF inside each class, recalled models left out.
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How much water and electricity does a washing machine use?
The yearly gallons and kWh of every residential washer on file, by product class with the full spread, plus the exact per-cycle figures, and the watts no registry files declared as a gap.
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Every Costway washer on file
What the brand files, by product class.
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Every clothes washer on file
All four product classes, from the DOE registry.
The 257 kWh figure is computed by this site; the registry does not file it. It combines the registry's IMEF of 1.49 with the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 1.3, at DOE's test use. Because IMEF folds in the energy to dry each load, the total assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It does not cover homes with other water heater or dryer types. A machine-only figure is not available for this model. Only ENERGY STAR splits the washer's own share from the dryer, and it lists the FP11217US-WH under no matching rating. For the same reason, no installed price range is published, since the cost model needs that machine-only figure. The inputs come from DOE's Compliance Certification Database, retrieved on 2026-10-25, and the steps are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.
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The yearly water figure of 4,142 gallons also comes from this site's own calculation, not from the registry. It applies IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, of 10.8 to the 1.3 cubic-foot capacity at DOE's test use. The result therefore moves with both values: a larger drum or a higher IWF would raise it. The cost of that water is not stated on this page. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost figure would be an estimate. A reader who holds a local water and sewer rate can apply it to 4,142 gallons to check a bill.
Among the 48 models registered as top-loading and compact, the FP11217US-WH ranks 1st by IMEF. Its IMEF of 1.49 sits above the class median of 1.25 and above the federal minimum for its class. In the same class, 12 models are rated at that federal minimum. This rank covers registered efficiency only; the registry records nothing else about the machine. The running cost is not given in this text because it depends on the reader's own electricity tariff. Instead, the page computes it from the reader's ZIP code and applies it to 257 kWh. Other models in this class can be compared on the clothes washer pages.