LG WM3500C
Filed with DOE as WM3500C*. An asterisk in a model number stands for any character: this one filing covers several variants.
455 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 2.92 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 (6)
The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.
- WM3095C*
- WM3400C*
- WM3450C*
- WM3460C*
- WM3500C*
- WM3505C*
Checking the LG WM3500C*? This front-loading, standard-size washer uses 455 kWh of electricity a year at DOE's test use. That assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It uses 3,850 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.92, above its class median of 2.76.
Energy and water per year
455 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: 100 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.
3,850 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
- 2.92 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
- 2.9
- 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
From ENERGY STAR · 2026-10-25
- ENERGY STAR
- ENERGY STAR certified.
Installed cost and service life
$1,202–$1,862 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
- LG WM3270C 455 kWh a year
- LG WM3470C 505 kWh a year
- LG WM3575C…+ 455 kWh a year
- LG WM3670H…A 455 kWh a year
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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.
The registry does not print the 455 kWh figure; this site computes it. The calculation starts from the registry's IMEF of 2.92 and the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 4.5 cubic feet. Both values come from DOE's Compliance Certification Database (CCD), retrieved 2026-10-25. The result is scaled to DOE's yearly test use, as set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated. Because IMEF includes drying, the 455 kWh figure covers an electric dryer as well as the washer and its hot water. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 100 kWh a year. It counts the washer and its electrically heated water alone and leaves the dryer out. The gap between 100 kWh and 455 kWh therefore mainly reflects the dryer's share under the test.
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The water figure of 3,850 gallons a year is also this site's calculation, not a registry value. It uses the IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum. The registry lists the IWF as 2.9 for this model. That value is applied to the 4.5 cubic foot drum and DOE's yearly cycle count to give the yearly total. This page does not state what that water costs. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost figure would be a guess. The same limit applies to electricity: the running cost depends on the reader's own utility tariff. The page computes it from the reader's ZIP in a separate block, not in this text.
This model is compared with the 360 models registered as front-loading and standard size. The median IMEF in that class is 2.76. At 2.92, this model ranks 33rd of 360, above the class median. It is rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, where 37 models sit at the minimum. The minimum value itself is not available in this page's data. The same rating covers units sold as WM3095C*, WM3400C*, WM3450C*. The installed price range appears in its own block with its source and date, as a modeled range rather than a quote. Other models in the class can be checked through the clothes washer model pages.