LG WKHC152H…A
Filed with DOE as WKHC152H*A. An asterisk in a model number stands for any character: this one filing covers several variants.
322 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 2.20 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 2.4 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.
- WKHC152H*A
If you are checking the LG WKHC152H*A against the registry, here are its yearly figures at DOE's test use. It uses 322 kWh of electricity with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, and 2,620 gallons of water. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.2, below its class median of 2.76.
Energy and water per year
322 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: 90 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.
2,620 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
- 2.20 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
- 3.7
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 2.4 ft³
- Federal minimum IMEF for this class
- 1.84
From ENERGY STAR · 2026-10-25
- ENERGY STAR
- ENERGY STAR certified, and listed as Most Efficient.
Installed cost and service life
$1,194–$1,868 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
- Samsung WW25FG6B… (Better) 328 kWh a year
- Miele WWD160WCS 303 kWh a year
- Summit LWES247 302 kWh a year
- Summit SLWW2403 302 kWh a year
Keep going
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 LG 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.
This site computes the 322 kWh figure; the registry does not publish it. The calculation starts from the registry's IMEF of 2.2. It also uses the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 2.4, at DOE's test use. That total covers the washer, an electric water heater and an electric dryer. The IMEF and capacity come from DOE CCD data retrieved 2026-10-25. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 90 kWh a year for this model. It counts the machine and its electrically heated water alone, and it leaves the dryer out. The dryer therefore accounts for the larger part of the 322 kWh total under test conditions. The steps are set out on the page about how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.
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This site also computes the water figure of 2,620 gallons a year. It combines the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, with the capacity of 2.4 cubic feet. This model's IWF is 3.7, taken at the same DOE test use. The figure reflects test conditions, not a given household's own loads. The page does not state what that water costs. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost figure would be an estimate. A reader can apply the local utility's own rates to 2,620 gallons directly. The same limit applies to electricity. Its running cost depends on the reader's own tariff, so the page computes it from the reader's ZIP rather than in this text.
The LG WKHC152H*A is compared with the 360 models registered as front-loading, standard size. Its IMEF of 2.2 is ranked 291st highest of 360. That places it below the class median IMEF of 2.76. At least half the class washes more laundry per kilowatt-hour under DOE's test. The model is still rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class. In that class, 37 models sit at the minimum. A lower IMEF means more electricity for the same load under the test. A model at the class median of equal capacity would therefore show less than 322 kWh at the same test use. Other models in the class are listed on all clothes washer pages.