Costway FP11218US-GR
260 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 1.25 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A compact top-loading washer (under 1.6 cubic feet). Drum: 1.1 cubic feet.
Checking the COSTWAY FP11218US-GR? With an electric water heater and an electric dryer it uses 260 kWh a year at DOE's test use, plus 3,732 gallons of water. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 1.25, equal to the class median of 1.25.
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) · 2026-10-25What 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
- 1.25 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 · 2026-09-29Safety 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 FP11188US-GR 260 kWh a year
- Costway FP11188US-WH 260 kWh a year
- Costway FP11219US-GR 260 kWh a year
- Costway FP11219US-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 figure of 260 kWh is this site's calculation, not a registry entry. It combines the registry's IMEF of 1.25 with a capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 1.1, at DOE's test use. Because IMEF folds the dryer in, the figure covers the washer plus an electric dryer, with an electric water heater. It is not the washer's own consumption. DOE's database does not split the machine out, and ENERGY STAR, the only source that does, lists this model under no matching rating. The machine-only figure is therefore not available. The source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25, and how the yearly figures are calculated is described separately.
The figure of 3,732 gallons is also calculated by this site, from the registry's IWF and the capacity, at DOE's test use. IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, is 11.5 for this model, with a capacity of 1.1. The yearly figure holds only at DOE's test use. A household that runs more or fewer cycles would use proportionally more or less water. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so this page states no cost for the water and makes no estimate of one.
Read the rest
Among the 48 models registered as top-loading, compact, this washer's IMEF of 1.25 is equal to the class median of 1.25, so there is no difference to report in either direction. That comparison covers IMEF only. The data supplied holds no class median for IWF, so water use is not compared. The running cost depends on your own electricity tariff, so the page computes it from your ZIP and the text names no amount. An installed price range is not published, because the cost database needs the washer's own yearly energy, which only ENERGY STAR files. Other models are listed on all clothes washer pages.