GE G46I_2_WA
864 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 1.57 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 (1)
The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.
- GTW480A*W***
If you are verifying the GE G46I_2_WA, these are its yearly figures at DOE's test use. With an electric water heater and electric dryer, it uses 864 kWh of electricity and 8,820 gallons of water. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 1.57, the federal minimum for its class.
Energy and water per year
864 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.
8,821 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 exactly at the federal minimum IMEF for its class, like many others; no rank is claimed inside that tie.
What you can do. Federal minimum means this model uses as much energy as the law allows for its class. 218 washers in the same class file a higher IMEF; at the same drum size and use, a higher IMEF is less energy a year. See the most efficient washers in each 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
- 1.57 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
- 6.5
- 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
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
- GE G45A_2_W 846 kWh a year
- GE G46A_2_V 864 kWh a year
- GE H28I_2_M 526 kWh a year
- GE M23A_2_M 432 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.
The 864 kWh figure is computed by this site, not filed by the registry. It combines the registry's IMEF of 1.57 with the capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 4.6, at DOE's yearly test count of cycles. Because IMEF folds the dryer in, that total includes the electricity to dry each load, not only to wash it. It also assumes an electric water heater, so it holds only for that setup. A machine-only figure is not available for this model. DOE's database files only IMEF, and ENERGY STAR, the one source that splits the machine out, lists no matching rating for it. The method behind the yearly energy and water figures sets out each step. The registry values come from DOE's Compliance Certification Database (CCD), retrieved 2026-10-25.
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The 8,820 gallons a year comes from the same method. This model's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, is 6.5. This site multiplies that value by the 4.6 cubic foot drum and DOE's yearly test cycles. A lower IWF would mean less water per cubic foot of drum, so the yearly total moves with both values together. The cost of that water is not stated on this page. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so no amount is given for it. Anyone checking a label or listing can match the 6.5 IWF against the registry entry, which covers the retail models sold as GTW480A*W***.
Against the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size, this washer's IMEF of 1.57 equals the class median of 1.57. It shares the federal minimum rating with 652 of those 870 models. The page claims no rank inside that tie, because the registry value does not separate them. The installed price range is not published: the cost database needs the washer's own yearly energy, which only ENERGY STAR files, and no matching rating exists here. Running cost is also left out of this text, because it depends on your own utility's electricity tariff. The page computes it from your ZIP code instead. Other models in this class can be checked from the list of clothes washer pages.