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Kenmore V14CCK56(3B)

759 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 2.06 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it

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

  • 2813*41+
  • 2913*41+

If you are checking the Kenmore V14CCK56(3B), it uses 759 kWh a year with an electric water heater and electric dryer at DOE's test use. Water use is 6,723 gallons a year at the same test use. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, ranks 37th highest of 870 top-loading, standard-size models.


Energy and water per year

759 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.

6,723 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 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
5.3 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 · 2026-09-29

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 759 kWh yearly figure assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer, so it is not the washer alone. This site computed it from two registry values: the IMEF of 2.06 and the capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 5.3. Both values come from DOE's Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-10-25, and the total applies DOE's yearly test use. Because IMEF folds the dryer in, the dryer's share sits inside the 759 kWh and cannot be separated from the registry data. Only ENERGY STAR files that machine-only share, and it lists this model under no matching rating, so it is not available here. The steps are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.

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The yearly water figure is this site's calculation, not a value the registry files. It starts from the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, which is 4.3 here. Applying it to the 5.3 cubic-foot drum at DOE's yearly test use gives the 6,723 gallons total. The water cost is not stated, because no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates. The running cost for the 759 kWh is not in this text either, since it depends on your own utility's electricity tariff. The page computes that cost from the ZIP code you enter.

The Kenmore V14CCK56(3B) is compared with the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size. Its IMEF of 2.06 ranks 37th highest of the 870 and sits above the class median of 1.57. Under the IMEF definition, that means it washes more laundry per kilowatt-hour than a model at the median. In the same class, 652 models are rated at the federal minimum IMEF, while this one is rated above it. The registry lists the same model as sold under the numbers 2813*41+, 2913*41+. An installed price range is not available either, because the cost database needs the machine-only figure that is missing here. Other models in this class are listed among all clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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