GE G45A_2_L
644 kWh a year DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) (the U.S. Department of Energy’s Compliance Certification Database) · 2026-10-09with an electric water heater and an electric dryer
IMEF 2.06 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A top-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 4.5 cubic feet.
Label numbers this filing covers (1)
The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.
- GTW685B*L***
Not published: A current DOE listing
DOE's Compliance Certification Database no longer lists this basic model: it was missing from the registry on Oct 11, 2026. DOE does not publish why a listing ends.
What stays: the figures it filed up to , and its rank in its class as of that date. It no longer counts in class ranks, comparisons or the selector. See what replaces it today.
If you are verifying the GE G45A_2_L, it uses 644 kWh of electricity a year at DOE's test use, with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It also uses 5,708 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.06, above its class median of 1.57.
Energy and water per year
644 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
The machine and its hot water alone, dryer not included: 150 kWh a year, as ENERGY STAR files it.
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.
5,708 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.
Its IMEF, 2.06, is above the class median of 1.57 and ranks 34th of the 835 top-loading, standard size washers on file, highest first.
DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) · 2026-10-09What 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 · 2026-10-09
- 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
- 2.06 Compared only with other top-loading, standard size washers.
- IWF (Integrated Water Factor) how many gallons of water a washer uses per cycle for each cubic foot of drum
- 4.3
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 4.5 ft³
- Federal minimum IMEF for this class
- 1.57
From ENERGY STAR · 2026-10-09
- ENERGY STAR
- ENERGY STAR certified.
Installed cost and service life
$1,068–$1,551 installed
Not a quote — a modeled range of what installers have charged for this class of unit; your price will vary with labor rates, access, and local code requirements.
Brought to current prices with Bureau of Labor Statistics indexes: equipment to August 2026, installation labor to April 2026–June 2026.
NLR REMDB (BLS PPI/ECI escalated) · 2026-04-01Service 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
- Crosley V24aEf50(3B) 759 kWh a year
- Electrolux MAF50C-A2802TPSM/01FM-US13 716 kWh a year
- GE G46I_2_N 659 kWh a year
- GE G46I_2_P 659 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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Most energy-efficient clothes washers
Ranked by filed IMEF inside each class, recalled models left out.
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Top load vs front load washing machine
The filed IMEF, yearly energy, water, drum size and installed-cost range of every standard-size top-loading and front-loading washer, side by side from the DOE registry.
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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 GE 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.
This site computed the 644 kWh figure; the registry does not publish it. It is based on the model's IMEF of 2.06 and its capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet. That capacity is 4.5 cubic feet, applied at DOE's test use. The total counts both the electric water heater and the electric dryer. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 150 kWh a year for this model. That figure covers the machine and its electrically heated water alone, without the dryer. Only the first figure includes the dryer, which is why the two differ. The page on how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated shows each step. The registry values come from the DOE Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-10-09. Retail listings carry this model as GTW685B*L***.
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This site also calculated the 5,708 gallons figure. It starts from the model's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum. That value is 4.3, applied to the 4.5 cubic-foot capacity at DOE's test use. This page does not show the cost of that water. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so no cost is estimated here. The electricity running cost is not in this text either. It depends on your own utility tariff, so the page computes it from your ZIP. A reader checking a bill can compare it with the 644 kWh and 5,708 gallons figures above.
The class for this model is the 835 models registered as top-loading washers of standard size. Its IMEF of 2.06 ranks 34th highest among them. The class median IMEF is 1.57, so this model sits above the median. It is also rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class. In that class, 623 of the 835 models are rated at the federal minimum. The rank reflects IMEF only; IWF is not part of it. The installed price range shown on this page is a modeled range, not a quote, and its source and date appear with it. Other models in this class are listed among all clothes washer pages.