LG WT7010C
Filed with DOE as WT7010C*. An asterisk in a model number stands for any character: this one filing covers several variants.
644 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 2.06 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A top-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.
- WT7010C*
Checking the LG WT7010C*? At DOE's test use, with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, this top-loading, standard-size washer uses 644 kWh of electricity and 5,708 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.06, ranked 37th highest of 870 models in its class.
Energy and water per year
644 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: 220 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.
5,708 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
- 2.06 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
- 4.5 ft³
- Federal minimum IMEF for this class
- 1.57
From ENERGY STAR · 2026-10-25
- ENERGY STAR
- ENERGY STAR certified.
Installed cost and service life
$1,055–$1,602 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 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 · 2026-09-29Safety 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
- Kenmore V19zCG51(3B) 759 kWh a year
- LG WT4970C 644 kWh a year
- LG WT7050C 644 kWh a year
- LG WT7100C 644 kWh a year
Keep going
How every figure on this page is calculated
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Top-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 644 kWh figure covers the whole load at DOE's test use. That means the washer, its water heated by an electric water heater, and an electric dryer. The registry does not publish this yearly figure itself. This site computes it from the registry's IMEF and the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, here 4.5. The source is the DOE Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-10-25. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure for this model of 220 kWh a year. It counts the machine and its electrically heated water alone, with the dryer not included. The gap between the two figures is the dryer's share at the same test use. The method behind the yearly energy and water figures sets out each step of the calculation.
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The 5,708 gallons figure comes from the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, here 4.3. This site multiplies it by the 4.5 cubic-foot capacity at the same DOE test use. It counts the water this washer draws in a year under that test, not what a given household will use. The page does not state a cost for that water. 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 water and sewer rate to 5,708 gallons to check it.
Among the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size, the median IMEF is 1.57. This model's 2.06 sits above that median and ranks 37th highest in the class. It is also rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, where 652 of the 870 models sit. The rank compares IMEF only; a class rank for water use is not available here. The yearly running cost is not written in this text. It depends on the reader's own electricity tariff, so the page computes it from the ZIP code the reader enters. The installed price appears in its own block as a modeled range with its source and date, not a quote. Other models can be checked from the full list of clothes washer pages.