GE H46F_4_YA
492 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 2.76 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A front-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.
- GFW350S*Y***
If you are checking the GE H46F_4_YA washer, it uses 492 kWh of electricity a year at DOE's test use. That figure assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. Water use is 4,071 gallons a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.76, equal to its class median.
Energy and water per year
492 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.
4,071 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
- 2.76 Compared only with other front-loading, standard size washers.
- IWF (Integrated Water Factor) how many gallons of water a washer uses per cycle for each cubic foot of drum
- 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
- 1.84
From ENERGY STAR · 2026-10-25
- ENERGY STAR
- ENERGY STAR certified.
Installed cost and service life
$1,290–$2,410 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 front-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 H46F_4_VA 492 kWh a year
- GE H46F_4_Y 492 kWh a year
- GE H48F_4_NB 513 kWh a year
- GE H48F_4_NC 513 kWh a year
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How every figure on this page is calculated
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Front-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 registry does not publish the 492 kWh figure. This site calculated it from the model's IMEF of 2.76 and its capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 4.6, at DOE's test use. The IMEF comes from DOE's Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-10-25. For the method, see how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated. Because IMEF includes drying, the 492 kWh covers the washer, its electrically heated water and an 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. The gap between 150 kWh and 492 kWh is the dryer's part of this site's figure. The model is also sold as GFW350S*Y***, so both figures apply to that listing.
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The water figure uses the same method. IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, is 3 for this model. This site multiplied it by the 4.6 cubic-foot capacity at DOE's test use and got 4,071 gallons a year. This page does not show what that water costs. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost given here would only be an estimate. The running cost of the 492 kWh is also not given in this text. It depends on your own utility's electricity tariff. The page calculates it from your ZIP code in a separate block.
This model's class is the 360 models registered as front-loading, standard size. Their median IMEF is 2.76, and this model's IMEF of 2.76 equals that median. By IMEF, it ranks 101st highest of the 360. Its rating is above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, where 37 models in the class sit. The data here does not include the minimum value itself, so the distance between this model and the minimum is not available. The installed price range has its own block on this page, with its source and date. It is a modeled range, not a quote. Pages for other washers are listed under all clothes washer pages.