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GE Profile H53F_4_V

535 kWh a year DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) (the U.S. Department of Energy’s Compliance Certification Database) · 2026-10-25

with an electric water heater and an electric dryer

IMEF 2.92 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it

A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 5.3 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.

  • PFW870S*V***

If you are checking the GE Profile H53F_4_V against its registry listing: with an electric water heater and an electric dryer it uses 535 kWh a year at DOE's test use, and 4,690 gallons of water. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.92, above the class median of 2.76.


Energy and water per year

535 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: 136 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.

4,691 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) · 2026-10-25

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What it costs to run where you live

Enter your ZIP to see what this washer costs to run a year, with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, on your own utility’s electricity rate.

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
2.92 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
5.3 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

$1,262–$2,216 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) · 2026-04-01

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Service 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 · 2026-09-29

Safety 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 · 2026-09-29

What these figures mean

The 535 kWh figure is computed by this site, not filed in the registry. It uses the registry's IMEF of 2.92 and the capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 5.3, at DOE's test use. The scope is an electric water heater and an electric dryer, so the dryer is included. The source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 136 kWh, which covers the machine and its electrically heated water, dryer not included. The difference between the two figures is therefore the dryer's use under the same assumptions. This page gives no value for a gas water heater or a gas dryer. The calculation is described in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.

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The 4,690 gallons figure is also computed by this site, from the registry's IWF and the capacity of 5.3, at DOE's test use. IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, is 3 for this model. A household that runs more or fewer cycles than DOE's test use will use more or fewer gallons than 4,690 gallons. The registry lists this model as H53F_4_V, sold as PFW870S*V***. The figure is a volume only. The water cost is not stated: no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, and this page does not estimate an amount.

Among the 360 models registered as front-loading, standard size, this model's IMEF of 2.92 is above the class median of 2.76. The comparison uses IMEF only and covers no other feature of the washer. The running cost is not given in the text. It depends on your own utility electricity tariff, so the page computes it from your ZIP code instead of using an assumed rate. The installed-cost range appears in its own block with its source and date, and it is a modeled range, not a quote. To look at other models, see all clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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