GE M38A_2_M
714 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: 3.8 cubic feet.
Label numbers this filing covers (5)
The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.
- GUD27ESPM***
- GUD27ESSM***
- GUD27GSPM***
- GUD27GSSM***
- GUV27ESSM***
For a second check on the GE M38A_2_M: it uses 714 kWh a year with an electric water heater and electric dryer, at DOE's test use. Water use is 7,286 gallons a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 1.57: the federal minimum, and its class median.
Energy and water per year
714 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.
7,287 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
- 3.8 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 H28I_2_M 526 kWh a year
- GE M23A_2_M 432 kWh a year
- Hamilton Beach MAE18C-1104TPS/01FM-US 357 kWh a year
- Hamilton Beach MAS120-2006PS/01M-US-S1 564 kWh a year
Keep going
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 714 kWh figure is not filed in the DOE database, so this site computed it for the M38A_2_M. The inputs are the registry's IMEF of 1.57 and its capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 3.8. Because IMEF folds the dryer in, the result includes the dryer's share and assumes an electric water heater. A machine-only figure, the washer's own share, is not available because only ENERGY STAR splits it out. ENERGY STAR lists this model under no matching rating, and DOE's database files only the combined IMEF. The test-use assumptions are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated, with registry values from DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25.
Read the rest
The 7,286 gallons a year comes from the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum. For this model the IWF is 6.5, and this site combined it with the 3.8 cubic-foot capacity at DOE's test use. A household that runs more or fewer cycles than DOE's test use will see a different total. No cost for the 7,286 gallons is stated, because no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates. The page therefore gives the volume only and leaves the price to the reader's local water utility.
Among the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size, the median IMEF is 1.57. The M38A_2_M is rated at 1.57, which equals that median and also the federal minimum for the class. In total, 652 models in the class sit at that federal minimum, and this site claims no rank for the M38A_2_M inside that tie. The registry entry covers the listings sold as GUD27ESPM***, GUD27ESSM***, GUD27GSPM***, so the same figures apply to each. An installed price range is not available either, since the cost database needs the machine-only energy figure noted above. A yearly running cost for the 714 kWh is not written here, because it depends on your own utility's electricity tariff. The page computes that cost from your ZIP instead; other models are listed on all clothes washer pages.