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KoolMore MFH180-G1302DS/F01E-US

481 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 2.76 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it

A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 4.5 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.

  • FLW-5CWH

If you are verifying the KOOLMORE MFH180-G1302DS/F01E-US, DOE's test use gives 481 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, plus 4,248 gallons of water. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.76, equal to the class median of 2.76.


Energy and water per year

481 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.

4,248 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.

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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
2.76 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
3.2
Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
4.5 ft³
Federal minimum IMEF for this class
1.84

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 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 yearly figure of 481 kWh covers the washer, the electric water heater and the electric dryer together, because IMEF folds the dryer in. This site computed it from the registry's IMEF of 2.76. It also used a capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 4.5, at DOE's standard yearly test use. The registry itself does not publish the yearly figure. The source data is DOE's Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-10-25. The washer's own share is not available. ENERGY STAR is the only source that splits the machine out, and it lists this model, sold as FLW-5CWH, under no matching rating. The page therefore gives no machine-only figure and does not estimate one. The calculation method explains each step.

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The water figure of 4,248 gallons comes from this model's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, which is 3.2. This site multiplied it by the capacity of 4.5 and by DOE's standard yearly test use. A household that runs more or fewer loads than that test use will see a different total, so the figure describes the test condition only. The cost of this water is not stated. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, and the page does not estimate an amount. The installed price range is also not published for FLW-5CWH. The cost database needs the washer's own yearly energy, which only ENERGY STAR files, and it has no matching rating for this model.

The class here is the 360 models registered as front-loading, standard size. Their median IMEF is 2.76, and this model's IMEF of 2.76 is equal to it, so the registry shows no difference from the median. The 481 kWh figure therefore describes a typical machine in this class at DOE's test use, with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It says nothing about how a particular home will run it. The running cost is not written in this text because it depends on the reader's own electricity tariff. The page computes that cost from the reader's ZIP and never names an amount. Other models are listed under all clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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