GE G46I_2_P
659 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 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: 4.6 cubic feet.
Label numbers this filing covers (2)
The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.
- GTW500A*N***
- GTW538A*W***
If you are verifying the GE G46I_2_P, DOE's test use gives it 659 kWh of electricity a year. That assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It also uses 5,835 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.06, above the class median of 1.57.
Energy and water per year
659 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: 175 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.
5,835 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
- 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
- 4.6 ft³
- Federal minimum IMEF for this class
- 1.57
From ENERGY STAR · 2026-10-25
- ENERGY STAR
- ENERGY STAR certified.
Installed cost and service life
$1,074–$1,585 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
- Electrolux MAF50C-A2802TPSM/01FM-US13 716 kWh a year
- GE G46I_2_N 659 kWh a year
- GE G46I_2_P1 659 kWh a year
- GE M39I_2_N 558 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 calculates the 659 kWh figure; the registry does not publish it. It applies the registry's IMEF to the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, which is 4.6 here, at DOE's test use. The source is the DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25. The steps are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated. IMEF includes drying, so the figure assumes an electric dryer runs after each load. ENERGY STAR separately files 175 kWh a year for the machine and its electrically heated water alone, without the dryer. The gap between 175 kWh and 659 kWh is therefore the dryer's share at test use.
IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, is 4.3 for this model. Applied to its 4.6 cubic feet at the same test use, it gives 5,835 gallons a year. That is a volume for the washer, not a bill. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so this page states no water cost. The registry lists this model as G46I_2_P and records it as sold under GTW500A*N***, GTW538A*W***. The energy and water figures on this page are the registry values for that listing. A matching retail number can be checked against them.
Read the rest
Among the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size, this model's IMEF of 2.06 ranks 37th highest. The class median IMEF is 1.57, so this washer sits above it. Of those 870 models, 652 sit at the federal minimum IMEF for the class. This one is rated above that minimum. The rank describes rated efficiency only. The yearly running cost is not given in this text because it depends on your own utility's electricity rate. The page calculates it from your ZIP. The installed-cost block on this page shows a modeled range with its own source and date, not a quote. Other models in the class are listed on the clothes washer pages for every registered model.