LG WT8600C
Filed with DOE as WT8600C*. An asterisk in a model number stands for any character: this one filing covers several variants.
588 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 2.76 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A top-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 5.5 cubic feet.
Label numbers this filing covers (4)
The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.
- WT8400C*
- WT8480C*
- WT8600C*
- WT8700C*
If you are checking the LG WT8600C*, this top-loading washer is rated at 588 kWh of electricity a year at DOE's test use. That figure assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. Its yearly water use is 5,192 gallons. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, ranks 1st of 870 in its class.
Energy and water per year
588 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: 120 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.
5,192 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
- 2.76 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
- 3.2
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 5.5 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
$1,185–$1,683 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
- LG WT7800C 588 kWh a year
- LG WT7900H…A 588 kWh a year
- LG WT1301C 558 kWh a year
- LG WT1501C 558 kWh a year
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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.
This site calculated the 588 kWh figure; the registry did not publish it. The calculation uses the registry's IMEF of 2.76 and the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 5.5. Because IMEF includes the dryer, that yearly total covers both washing and drying. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 120 kWh a year. It covers only the washer and its electrically heated water, without the dryer. Under the same test use, the gap between 120 kWh and 588 kWh is the part that comes from drying. The combined figure is based on DOE CCD data retrieved 2026-10-25. The steps are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.
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This site also calculated the 5,192 gallons yearly figure. It uses the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, of 3.2. That IWF is applied to the 5.5 capacity at DOE's test use. The result reflects the number of cycles in the test procedure, not the number of loads in a given household. This page does not show a cost for that water. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost figure would be an estimate. Anyone comparing it with a real bill should know that the 5,192 gallons figure follows the test cycle count, not actual use.
The 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size have a median IMEF of 1.57. At 2.76, this model is above that median and ranks 1st by IMEF. Of those 870 models, 652 are rated at the federal minimum IMEF for the class, and this model is rated above that minimum. The same listing also covers the models sold as WT8400C*, WT8480C*, WT8700C*. This text does not state the electricity running cost, because it depends on your own utility tariff. The page calculates it from your ZIP instead. The installed price in its own block is a modeled range, not a quote. Other models are listed on the all clothes washer pages.